Learn to teach contractions in second grade easily and effectively with these great, no-prep activities. Ways to Teach Contractions in Second Grade By the end of ... Read More
Parts of Speech PowerPoints That Are Interactive & Fun
How to teach parts of speech in a fun and engaging way? Start with interactive lesson visuals! In this post I'll share several parts of speech PowerPoints make teaching ... Read More
Activities to Teach Quotation Marks & Dialogue in Writer’s Workshop
Teaching quotation marks is crucial in the primary grades. Students need to build a strong foundational knowledge of quotation marks and dialogue in order to improve their ... Read More
Dollar Store Science Materials for Teaching Force & Motion
Hands-on force and motion activities are so fun for both me and my students, so I love discovering dollar store science materials to support my lessons and investigations. In ... Read More
3 Strategies for Teaching Writing You Need to Try This Year
Finding the most effective strategies for teaching writing is critical for building students’ writing skills. In this post, I’ll share the top 3 strategies for teaching ... Read More
15 Habitats Virtual Field Trips for Kids
Since you can’t take your students to visit all the different habitats around the world, why not bring the habitats to them? Take one (or all!) of these habitats virtual field ... Read More
25 Easy to Find Mentor Texts to Teach Grammar Skills
Using mentor texts to teach grammar skills is a great way to get students’ attention and demonstrate how authors use correct grammar in their writing. In this post, I’ll share ... Read More
10 Easy Inherited Traits Activities for 3rd Grade
This post is a helpful collection of easy and engaging inherited traits activities, lessons and experiments, aligned to NGSS, to teach about inheritance, variation of traits, ... Read More