We Don’t Eat Our Classmates: Friendship Activities
…is starting the school year in a class full of children and she is very nervous! She has some trouble making friends…because she keeps eating them! It is a great…
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Easy to Implement Personal Narrative Writing Strategies
…opportunity to work on creating strong introductions, learn to use dialogue, craft a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end; narrow down their details, and so much more! Coming…
Launching Writing Workshop: 8 Favorite Mentor Text for Writing Routines
Launching writing workshop is all about setting up routines. Walking students through the writing process, setting expectations, and setting goals for writing before even beginning to write will ensure that your…
Unplugged: Activities to Discuss Screen Time with Students
…Theme Inferences Beginning-middle-end Connections Compare and contrast Sequence of events Important Discussions: Technology is an important tool, but should be used with limits The benefits of technology The benefits of…
You Matter: Activities to Build Self-Love
…I hope you and your students love it! You can grab a guide for using this book in your classroom here: You can find more of my favorite beginning of…
Tackling Back to School Paperwork
…so much paperwork at the beginning of the year to send home to families. You want them to know everything about your own classroom, supplies, rules, etc…but you also have…
Saturday: For When Things Don’t Go as Planned
…her mom are a great example that it doesn’t matter WHAT we do but WHO we do it with. Skills to teach with “Saturday”: Characters Theme Inferences Beginning-middle-end Connections Compare…
Getting Started with Book Clubs
…students and should change often throughout the year. Allowing students to meet with their classmates, all with varying levels of reading and different interests will help them grow as readers…
Where Are You From? Activities to Promote Acceptance
…She wonders where she is from, just as her classmates ask her. And her abuelo gives her an insightful answer, from his heart. The beginning of the book is a…