One of my favorite things to do as a teacher is to connect with my students over a good book or poem or article. My MOST FAVORITE is when you get that one reader who "hates to read", and you find that one book that lights their fire for reading. Oh man. Nothing better. Here are my… Continue reading How to Connect with Your Readers
Kids LOVE to earn rewards. But here's the deal: token rewards such as fun pens and pencils and keychains, even from the Target Dollar Section, add up quickly. And being as #teacherbroke as we are, that doesn't always align with our budget or pocket book. This year, I decided to take a difference approach. Being an… Continue reading FREE Reward Coupon Organization
All school year long, teachers run about like crazed mad-men and women. They follow schedules, experience near-death almost bladder explosions, and endure frost bite from recess duty all in the name of educating these sweet lives we've been entrusted to. Now it's your time. Take it, but use it wisely. Have you applied these 5 Rs to your… Continue reading Teacher Summers
Teachers love novel studies. Students LOVE novel studies. However, novel studies can be a struggle for several reasons. As a teacher, I want to talk about EVERY. SINGLE. THING. That’s obviously not always the best option. Because, well, the novel study would take 2ish years. Still, I wanted my students to dig into the richness… Continue reading Novel Study for Any Novel
Every year or so there is an introduction of a new buzz word among educators. A few from the past few years have been empathy and diversity. The thing with "buzz words" is that they tend to come and go. What does not need to happen with these particular words in our classroom is the latter; they don't need to go.… Continue reading Diverse Picture Books
