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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Teaching Handwriting in the Primary Grades
(There is a Method to My Madness) Years ago I taught at a small private school that had all the…
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Gift Ideas For Teachers For Christmas 2020
Is 2020 over yet? Whether teachers are working online or face to face, here are some gift ideas to show…
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Introducing Regrouping to Primary Students
Teaching Place Value – Part 2 If you haven’t had the chance to read Part 1 of this series, I…
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Teaching Place Value in the Primary Grades Part 1
Is teaching place value a hard concept for primary students? It can be. When young children are still working through…
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