December is a great time to find some really engaging and rigorous read alouds for your students! Some of the read alouds can just be for fun and some can have some high-value teaching content in them. Today, I am going to share my top 10 read alouds for the month of December. Click on…
Christmas is such a magical time in the upper elementary classroom. You can really challenge your students to think and apply the skills that they have learned in the first half of the school year, all while staying overly engaged. During the month of December, I do not teach a ton of new reading content,…
I LOVE LOVE a good holiday book in the classroom! Don’t you?! I am going to share with you all my favorite books that I read with my kiddos during the month of December. Click on the book for the affiliate link! Picture Books How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky This is one…
December is my favorite time of the year in my classroom. There is just something about the holiday spirit that keeps me happy the entire month. The kids also LOVE December. BUT there are two truths about December in the classroom. KIDS ARE HYPED UP AND NEED TO BE ENGAGED 24/7. KIDS STILL NEED…
Every year we teach the Iditarod to our students. They LOVE it! It is so much fun teaching them something they have never heard about, their engagement is so high! On the first day, I decorate the classroom in lots of snow! I buy cheap snow packs when they go on sale after Christmas….
We LOVE Polar Express Day in our classroom. Even in upper elementary you can take this week and engage your students in rigorous content! Setting Up for the Week You don’t have to decorate your classroom to make this week memorable, but it doesn’t hurt! First, I set up a train in my classroom….
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