My students tell me that math stations (or math rotations) is their favourite subject in school. That’s high praise! What…
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What’s In Your Math Inventory – Teach Math Like A Boss
It’s hard to move forward without some serious planning. This blog is all about your gear, your math inventory. What…
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Teach Math Like A Boss – Love Teaching Math
Ask your students what they think about math. It is usually a love or hate response. How do you feel…
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Spelling Is Important – You Can Learn to Spell
Do you ever read an email and immediately notice mistakes? Are the errors distracting you from what the author is…
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Telling Time to the Half Hour – Teaching Time
Does teaching time to the half hour make you a little nervous? I was always fine with teaching time to…
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How to Teach Telling Time Using the Hour Hand
Are you required to teach telling time, mainly hours and half hours to your class. What are you going to…
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Teach Telling Time To First Graders – Series
Telling time is one of those concepts that if you teach it too soon, your first graders will not respond…
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What Are Common Exception Words
Every couple months I will see an Instagram post from a teacher I’m following offering activities for common exception words….
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Spelling Rules – Do You Teach Them
Recently a teacher I follow posted a Teachers Pay Teachers Product focusing on the “Common Exception Words”. I stopped scrolling….
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Day Plans for Teachers – Effectively Use Them
How do you organize your teaching day? Are you a planner or do you wing it? I shared some day…
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Unit Plans Vs Lesson Plans – What’s the Difference
After writing reports, I start re-thinking my unit plans and lesson plans. What has been working? What needs an overhaul?…
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Literacy and Research For Primary Students
This past Friday I attended an Early Literacy workshop and the presenter gave a lot of research to support her…
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