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Teaching students how to use context clues to define unfamiliar terms is a hard and necessary skill in upper elementary. I spend one week really working hard on this skill and then I will review it all year long! I am going to walk you through different activities I do in my context clues week….

Teaching students through an engaging transformation that is cheap and fun is the way to go! Construction is big in my community so I decided to bring it into the classroom. We used this as a review week for all subjects! We completed rigorous and engaging work that all had the construction theme! Setting up…

  Valentine’s Day is exciting for children. In order to keep students learning all week long, you need highly engaging and rigorous work! The week of Valentine’s Day I focus on review in all subjects, while keep students working hard and highly engaged. Reading Centers I love doing reading centers in my classroom! Each day…

We all have to do at least one conference with parents throughout the school year! I am going to share with you exactly how I run my conferences and tips to make them easier! Plus…there are tons of freebies! Sign-Ups and Reminders If you have control over your sign-ups, then I highly suggest you spread…

I love teaching themed weeks! The students are so engaged, which makes for a perfect time to hit them with HARD curriculum. In October I always focus a whole week on bats! It is so much fun while being academically rigorous, and engaging! Today, I am going to share with you what I do each…

As a reading teacher, you should have one goal in the classroom… MAKE KIDS LOVE TO READ! (If they love to read, those tests will pass themselves!) I use these simple ways to make sure that each student in my classroom finds a book or a series they LOVE before leaving my room. I want…