A Primary Teaching Blog
It’s the day of love…Valentine’s Day! It’s not complete without picture books! Here are some favorite Valentine’s Day picture books for your classroom’s special day (and don’t forget if you need more Valentine’s Day ideas click here or click here for Valentine’s Day gifts). *the links in this blog post are affiliate links Check out all my Valentine books on… Read More
Grammar is an important feature in reading skills, but sometimes it seems mundane to teach. There are some simple ways you can integrate grammar skills into your teaching, reading centers, or small group time. Somethings do need to just be taught directly, but the practice doesn’t have to be boring! Here are some ways you can sneak these skills into… Read More
It’s that time again! If you find yourself here, you’re looking for back to school read alouds (my amazon store front link) and I’ve got you covered for some of my favorite. These are newer releases rather than old classics because I figured you already have all the classics (like Wemberly Worried & First Day Jitters//aff links). *please note: all… Read More
Scholastic Book Clubs has changed my life. I remember getting the book flyer every month in elementary school and visiting the book fair once a year when it came by my school. Honestly, one of the first things I did as a new teacher was join the Scholastic Book Clubs! I couldn’t wait to get books for my library and… Read More
Every day I watch my students roll up to school with donuts or hot Cheetos for breakfast. They take out their snacks and all they have is junk and more junk. I am not judging parents (I am guilty of the donut run), but our system has already hinder our students movability, their need to burn energy is stifled. We… Read More
I’ve complied a list of over 30 pictures books that celebrate Black heroes (picture book biographies). In writing this post, I choose to celebrate the accomplishments of Black Americans all year, next to our other great Mexican, Asian, Caucasian, Native American inventors, explorers, activists, scientists, and artists. We need to show our students that no matter how you look or… Read More
If you haven’t figured it out by now reading my blog, I LOVE picture books! I truly believe there is a picture book for every need a primary teacher has. Fall has begun, the seasons are changing-there’s a book for that. I went on Facebook Live to show off these wonderful fall picture books, check them out here! Or look at… Read More
I always feel bad for the dads of my students. Father’s Day falls at the END of my school year EVERY year. The time of the year when all chaos has broken loose and you are just trying to survive until summer. It’s ALWAYS the weekend right after we get out of school. Which means, we have WAY less motivation to… Read More
a blog post about poetry read alouds Hello book lovers and friends! My name is Alisha and I blog over at Missing Tooth Grins. I love reading all of Jen’s blog posts (she is seriously so creative!) and I feel so honored to be able to write a post on her blog about my favorite things-books! As I’m sure you… Read More
Earth Day is such a wonderful day to celebrate our EARTH! It is so very important to teach our students to love the spaces we inhabit (including the classroom, playground, and cafeteria- am I right??). This year I decided to make those sweet little melted crayon hearts. I wanted to share the quote “even broken crayons still color” to teach… Read More
