Teaching a Christmas figurative language lesson can be a blast, especially when you incorporate the festive cheer of the holiday season. Let’s start by reviewing the different types of figurative language your students will need to master: Idiom: A phrase with a non-literal meaning. Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs.”
If you’re looking for a way to combine the festive spirit of Christmas with math practice, I’ve got just the thing for you: Christmas math craft activities! These activities are a combo of holiday fun and math rigor, designed to keep your 3rd through 5th graders engaged and learning at
One of my favorite books to read aloud to my 3rd and 4th graders at Christmas time is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. It is a hilarious and heartwarming tale that centers around the Herdman kids—six wild, misbehaving siblings who take over the annual Christmas pageant in
It’s time to tackle the world of math word problems. You know, those tricky little puzzles that can make our students (and sometimes us) break into a sweat. Fear not! We’re arming ourselves with some top-notch problem solving strategies that will help our young mathematicians conquer these problems with confidence
In this blog post I’m dropping all my secrets for teaching character traits—those descriptive adjectives that bring storybook characters to life! Understanding character traits not only helps students connect with literature but also sharpens their analytical skills as they explore the personalities of their favorite protagonists and antagonists. What
It’s time to talk about division models, and this blog post is full of fun and effective ways to introduce long division using base 10 blocks as a strategy! This hands-on approach for representing division not only makes division more tangible but also helps students visualize how larger numbers can
Cue the pumpkins! Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s time to embrace the spooky spirit to keep those early finishers engaged with fun educational activities, so they don’t turn into classroom management nightmares. If you’re looking for Halloween early finisher ideas to keep your upper elementary students busy
Are you ready to start planning your math unit on place value? For me, this unit always falls during the first month of school when students are still trying to acclimate to a new classroom, and I’m still getting to know all of the unique abilities and quirks. For those
So, I’m a self-identified control freak, so it took me a long time to release enough control over providing feedback for student writing to get on board with peer editing and revising. But I’m finally there. I’m a convert and I’m ready to recruit! Through the process of implementing peer
Are you ready for reading lessons filled with words, wit, and wonder? If so these activities inspired by Frindle by Andrew Clements is just what you need. I’ve collected some of my favorite fun and creative ideas to accompany Frindle that I know will ignite the imaginations of your students
