Primary Education Ideas
Crafting back-to-school lesson plans for first graders might seem like a daunting task. The early years of a child’s education lay the foundation for their academic journey, making it essential for educators to design lesson plans that are engaging, interactive, and tailored to meet the unique needs of these young minds In this blog post,…
I have been teaching a long time! I am not going to say just how long but you can see an old TV/VCR combo in the image from my first classroom. Through all this time, I have been in the same school give or take a classroom one up or down the hall. I love…
Does your school celebrate Read Across America Day all week long? Ours coincides with a PARP week (parents as reading partners). For this week, I like to focus my read alouds on book about reading. Each day, I read my students a new reading themed book! Here are my favorites: Our morning meetings are reading…
Ever wonder what to put in your students’ book baggies or how to manage them? This post will answer all those burning questions! I like to start independent reading the first week of school. I feel like it is an important part of our daily routine. To get started with book baggies, you need actual…
I just finished my Batty for Bats Unit. It is a 59 page literacy and science unit. I have always loved doing a bat unit with my students – click here to see last year’s post and snag a freebie. This year, I wanted to align the unit to the Common Core and focus on CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2….
Spring Exhibit was two weeks ago and our theme was ants. I finally finished putting my Ant Unit together, so I thought I would share the ant themed photos and the link to my Ant Unit. I am so done with ants! Unfortunately, it looks like I will have the nasty harvester ants in the gel ant farm…
