Ask your students what they think about math. It is usually a love or hate response. How do you feel when you teach math? Do you love it or hate it? Having a math program where students are engaging and you are not so stress, is a dream for most elementary teachers. Yet, the dream can be a reality. What Does Your Math … [Read more...]
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 trying to say? This happens to me a lot. I'm not even looking for the errors. They just appear! This is just one of the reasons why spelling is important. It's about clear communication! Which is why we need to … [Read more...]
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 the hour, but then getting students to tell time to the half hour, that's another ballgame! Teaching needs to be very explicit and opportunities to practice should be double that of teaching time to the hour. If you want more … [Read more...]
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 do? Is worksheets enough? (No, if you didn't know the answer) Today we are going to talk about teaching your first graders (or primary students) to tell time using the hour hand. If you missed my introduction to this series, … [Read more...]
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 well (cue the crickets). I had this happen years ago and after that experience, I done it since. To teach telling time to first graders is a lot of fun if you have activities and clocks for them to practice. Children and … [Read more...]
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. Many school districts require common exception rules to be taught. So, whether you agree with it or not, this may need to be done. What is this list and how is it used? Define Common Exception … [Read more...]
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