Click the image above to go to all of my other Wednesday Website posts. It’s been a few weeks since my last WW post, but I’m back with a great one. Have you heard of GoNoodle? It’s a free site that lets you build Brain Breaks into your day. I’ve been using it the last couple weeks to make sure I’m actually doing breaks in the day, and I’ve loved it so far! They have
I’m participating in another Bright Ideas blog hop today. This time I’m sharing a different take on word walls. I started this year in a new grade, in a new building, and of course wasn’t as organized as I should be, even though I spent a ridiculous amount of hours at school this summer. Once the school year started, I could not, for the life of me, figure out where my premade Word Wall words
I’m so excited to participate in the Bright Ideas Blog Hop. The posts in this series all feature no strings attached, free ideas to use in your classroom. No sign ups, no products- just great ideas. Today I’m sharing 4 ways I’ve incorporated movement, or kinesthetic techniques, into my teaching. Some I use regularly with my current 3rd graders, and some I’ve used with intervention students in the past. Stand Up, Sit Down is one
If you’re a Pinterest stalker like me, you’ve probably seen pins from a variety of places showing the marvelous idea of using cheap, stretchable book covers as chair pockets. I first saw it from a colleague last year and I loved the idea. I know I’ve also seen it from Cara at The First Grade Parade, though I can’t say with any certainty who the idea originally came from. As I set up my classroom
A few years ago, shortly after the widespread implementation of the Common Core State Standards, Close Reading was a big buzz in literacy education. Mainly, people weren’t sure what it was and how to implement it in their classroom I went to a training on Reading in the Common Core with Dr. Tim Shanahan. As the former head of IRA, I knew he’d be wealth of information and would give good ideas and resources. I
