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Digital Writing Activities Your Students Will Love

Writing is such an important skill for our students but doesn’t come naturally to every one. It's a skill that requires practice. But writing practice can be met with lots of moans and groans in the classroom. I’m here to help with two amazing digital writing activities that your students will ... READ the POST

Integrating Science and Social Studies into Language Arts

We have all been there at some point - a giant clock ticking away behind us as we stare at our lesson plans and standards, wondering how we will fit everything in! Meanwhile, instruction time continues to decrease for science and social studies. As a result, integrating science and social studies ... READ the POST

4 Virtual Snow Day Activities for Online Learning

Remember being a kid and watching as the TV scrolled through the lists of closures when the winter weather was blustery? If you're anything like me you'd sit impatiently waiting to see your school's name. Then it would cross the bottom of the screen and you'd get super excited. Throwing on your snow ... READ the POST

7 Practical Tips for Building Community in the Classroom

Its always such a bittersweet feeling at the end of a school year to send my class off to the next teacher. We grow and learn so much together throughout the year. We always end up forming such a special bond, and I can't help but feel a little sad that they won't be with my everyday anymore. I am ... READ the POST

5 Ways to Engage the Reluctant Writer

What can make someone clean their room, cry, snap pencils and tear paper? Writing. What can make an otherwise outgoing and often loud and fidgety student sit quietly so as to not be noticed? Writing. Hi. I'm Amy and I'm the mom of a reluctant writer. Both at school and at home, my son is a ... READ the POST

Alphabet Practice and Word Building – Football Style

It's fall and I don't know about you, nothing says fall more than football in my neck of the woods. Maybe that is because it is still in the high 90s and leaves won't change colors around here until sometime between late November and January. So football is what I hang my hat on! ... READ the POST