Teachers know it is challenging to keep your students focused during independent or group activity times.
Classroomscreen has changed the way our day runs. and I could not be more grateful (or excited) about it!
Sustainable Classroom Swaps
6/23/2023I'm always working on finding new sustainable swaps for different parts of my life, and that applies to my classroom too. I want to make sure my students are aware of alternatives they can choose from, as well as ways to repurpose and reuse everyday items.
Here are some of my favorite swaps that I use in my classroom.
Once my students are comfortable with the idea of opinion writing, I like to move onto more open-ended books. The types of books that force them to think about what really happened at the end of the story and form their own reasons for it.
I have been using DonorsChoose since my first year of teaching. Thanks to them, I have provided my classes with many amazing resources!
I have always enjoyed teaching opinion writing to K-1 students. Opinion writing is more motivating, as we all know they have opinions they love sharing!
However, getting K-1 students to include a reason for their opinion can be tricky.
Over the past eight years, I have used these books to launch our opinion writing unit. They have helped my students understand why their opinion need a reason in an engaging way!
2023 Classroom Reveal
2/25/2023It sounds odd to be doing a room reveal at this point in the school year - but I have a great reason. My old room was closed off at the end of last year for a remodel.