Looking for meaningful and easy-to-implement back to school read alouds for upper elementary? These six interactive picture book lessons are perfect for building classroom community while hitting essential reading comprehension skills. Whether you’re launching Reader’s Workshop or setting the tone for a year of kindness and connection, these stories (and
The Alberta Grade 5 New Social Studies Curriculum emphasizes not only understanding key facts but also exploring how early societies influenced the development of modern civilizations. As we prepare to introduce students to ancient civilizations, it’s important to find ways to spark curiosity and engagement right from the start. Launching
Hey there teacher bestie! Are you freaking out about the new Alberta grade 5 English Language Arts and Literature curriculum too? I know I was! If so, hopefully, this post will reassure you and help to make your life a little bit easier. What Stayed the Same in the New
Are you on the hunt for engaging and low prep French oral language activities? I don’t know about you but the last thing that I have time to do is prepare complicated oral language games. That’s why today I am sharing three of my favourite French oral language activities that
Are you interested in launching a reading workshop in your upper elementary classroom this year? If so, this blog post is for you! Today I am going to lay out the 5 routines that you NEED to establish at the beginning of the year in order to have a successful
In order to fit everything into our busy Reading and Writing Workshop schedules, we need to keep our mini lessons MINI! This means that they need to be anywhere from 10 – 15 minutes long. Not only does keeping them short allow for our students to have more time to
Are you looking for fun and engaging writing strategies for English Language Learners? It is often difficult for ELL students to come up with ideas during writing class. This is sometimes because they don’t have the same experiences as other students. It may take some time for them to feel
Today I have 3 books about clouds to share with you. These would be perfect read alouds during your Weather unit! One book is a fiction story, the other is a nonfiction informational book, and the last is a wordless picture book! 1) A Story About Clouds : Cloudette Cloudette
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I find myself in a bit of a teaching rut. Using the same websites, apps and activities to help students review before summative assessments. Now don’t get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with tried and true activities (Kahoot, I am talking to
Jamboard is one of my favourite digital tools. I love it’s simplicity AND the post it note feature. Here are five ways that you can incorporate Jamboard into your virtual or in person classroom. Birthday Messages Students can add post it notes to this Jamboard in order to wish the
There are only so many minutes in a day. The key is making the most out of each and every second! Today I am going to give you 5 tips for maximizing your instructional time. Because at the end of the day, the more we maximize our time, the more
Have you ever had a chid in your class struggle? Of course you have! We have all been there. Sometimes it can be super hard if we have a student in our class going through a tough time that we haven’t personally experienced. We so desperately want to help, but
Your upper elementary students will love solving these multiplication and division problems to escape from Mars.
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