I'm not gonna sugar coat it. I have to be 100% honest. Here goes...I hated doing parent-teacher conferences. Yup. I used the H word. #sorrynotsorryIt really has nothing to do with my kiddos or even the parents. It's just that I already have a million things to do. I am barely staying afloat. Having 25 meetings was just completely ... Continue Reading
FREE Multiplication Math Facts Games
Games are such an effective tool for practicing skills in the classroom. Students are so engaged when playing games and we remember more of what we learn when we are having fun. I worked hard to incorporate games into my classroom on a very regular basis. My students played vocabulary games on Fridays and they would play math fact games during ... Continue Reading
My ELA Block: Writing Workshop
Hey! Thanks for stopping by to check out the last post in my ELA block blog series! If you missed any of the other posts in the series, you can click on the links below. Part One: Whole Group Reading Lesson Part Two: Reading Centers Part Three: Vocabulary Instruction Part Four: Teaching Grammar and Language Today, I want to ... Continue Reading
My ELA Block: Teaching Grammar and Language
Thanks for popping in to read the fourth part of my ELA block blog series: teaching grammar and language! If you missed any of the posts, you can use the links below to get caught up. Whole Group Reading Lesson Reading Centers Vocabulary Instruction Today I am sharing the final part of my ELA block, all about my grammar and language ... Continue Reading
My ELA Block: Vocabulary Instruction
Thanks for popping in to read the third part of my ELA blog series! If you missed either of the first two posts, you can use the links below to get caught up. Part One: Whole Group Reading Lessons Part Two: Reading Centers Today I am sharing all about my vocabulary instruction! Vocabulary instruction is so important that I set aside ... Continue Reading
My ELA Block: Reading Centers
Welcome back for the second part of my ELA blog post series! Today I am sharing all about my reading center routines and activities. If you missed the first post about my reading whole group lessons, you can click HERE to get caught up. Let me start by reminding you of my entire ELA block schedule. Center Schedule I used to ... Continue Reading
My ELA Block: Reading Whole Group Lessons
Can I be really honest with you? Don't judge me, but I really hated teaching reading, writing and grammar during my first few years of teaching. I dreaded my ELA block every day. I found it boring to teach! I LOVE to read and write, but I felt like my lessons were causing my kids to hate all things ELA related. It was depressing! Fast ... Continue Reading
5 Mistakes that Teachers Make When Teaching Vocabulary
Raise your hand if teaching vocabulary is a tad scary for you. Now put it down before strangers think you are losing it! Vocabulary instruction is tricky. We know that our kids need better vocabularies, but actually making it happen is not easy. I have spent quite a bit of time over the past couple of years learning about vocabulary and ... Continue Reading
Fun Ways to Practice Classroom Procedures
Can you believe that the back to school season is already upon us?! While you are decorating your classroom and printing math centers, I think it is very important that you take some time and think about how you will go about teaching and practicing classroom procedures. The number one thing you can do to guarantee a successful school year ... Continue Reading
Flexible Seating: Your Questions Answered
Hello! I'm Kelli from the Tenacious Teacher and I'm thrilled to be sharing on Not So Wimpy Teacher's blog about my experience rolling out flexible seating!I took the plunge (it was more like a graceful belly flop) last year and blogged about some things I realized both here and here. However, today I'm sharing some answers to the "But what about" ... Continue Reading
