Author: Hannah

November in the upper elementary classroom is typically a time of learning and practicing reading skills, plus some fun and engaging themes. Today, I wanted to share with you some of the typical things I do and cover in the month of November! Read Alouds I love a good read aloud and November is no…

This year, we are doing something different and that is virtual parent teacher conferences. I am going to share with you five tips that I have to make these go smoothly. Student Created Welcome I have my students create a sheet digitally that I pull up for when the parents first get on zoom. They…

I wanted to share with you some tips and tricks to make grading easier for you, so you aren’t taking any grading home anymore. Grade While They Work While students are doing their assessments I will walk around and grade them. If I am not taking it for a grade, I will immediately stop and…

Are you in need of a new way to manage your classroom? For many years, I did the typical classroom management. There was positive points and negative points, somehow. They could use their positive to earn rewards and the negative would turn to a consequence, but this year I am changing it up. This year…

Are you assessing students each time you teach a new reading skill? This assessment in valuable in deciding what and how to teach your students. Each and every time I get done teaching a reading standard or skill I then give my students a QUICK summative assessment of the skill or standard. I am talking…