One of the MAJOR need to do words that has been in the classroom for YEARS is what has been on my mind lately. How do you make learning meaningful for ALL of the students in your classroom? How do you make sure that the… [read more]
Assessing during Reading Small Groups
Assessing your reading small groups is not an easy task. Love-hate is the relationship that I have when it comes time to assess. I love them because you gain SO much information from the data. Hate comes into play because it takes away from instructional… [read more]
Prepping Reading Small Group Activities and Materials
Teaching small group hasn’t always been my most favorite thing to do. If you’ve read my previous posts, you’ll know why. Once I learned what to do and HOW to do it, it’s become much more manageable. As well as it not being my favorite,… [read more]
End of the Year Packing Tips
Packing up my classroom at the end of the year used to be one of my least favorite things to get me closer towards summer. After a few years of experience, I can easily say my pack up routine is quite simple and painless Make… [read more]
Plan ahead: End the year ready for next year
This post contains affiliate links. This means if you make a purchase using my link, I will receive a few cents from your purchase. After teaching for more than 10 years now, I am starting to cherish my summers even more. When I first began… [read more]
No Prep Morning Work That You’re Guaranteed to Love
For years, I printed pages and pages of sheets to use for morning work. The thought of wasting so many pages every single day finally got to me the year when my students trickled in the classroom for a twenty minute time period. Every day,… [read more]
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