A Primary Teaching Blog
picture books about art Hello fellow book lovers! My name is Maribel and I blog over at Learning in Wonderland! Jen asked me to share some of my favorite books to teach about art! Well, I don’t think she knows this but I love teaching through art! As an ELL, I often struggled with just about every subject, however art… Read More
Reading comprehension can be a touch skill to teach, but with picture books, things come alive! Teaching with picture books has been one of my favorite things about firs grade! I love to pull out a great book, read it for pleasure, then get back into the juicy stuff I need to actually teach with my kids. Here are some… Read More
A guest post about writing read alouds. Hi friends! I’m Kristen from Where the First Graders Are! I am so excited to team up with Jen and share with you three of my favorite picture books for teaching writing. I have to say that I love teaching writing more than any other subject. I love it because there is never… Read More
I’m obsessed with Target Dollar Spot erasers. Aren’t we all? We walk in, get sucked in right away to the Dollar Spot, and what do we see? These sweet little baggies full of cute erasers. Do we know what do to with them? No. Do we care? No. I thought to myself, I probably have AT LEAST 3 baggies per… Read More
Pink Tiara Cookies by Maria Dismondy is a great book that teaches the social skill of kindness. “Bullying” is a huge problem in schools (see why I don’t like using the word “bully” HERE). What happens when your best friend starts hanging out with someone else? Jealousy, that’s what! Kids are very good at excluding others. Dismondy does a great… Read More
Hi teacher friends! It’s Emily from Polka Dots Please. I’m super excited to be teaming up to share some fabulous books for teaching little ones about history! Here’s my recommended list of history read alouds for the primary classroom. This book teaches about segregation and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of Rosa Parks. Moments throughout Rosa’s… Read More
Fall has passed and it’s time for Winter! This fall holiday season flies by and soon enough it will be winter! But don’t worry, the ladies of Books Teachers Love are here to show you our most favorite winter read aloud picture books to keep your little hearts warm during the cool season. I can’t wait to show you how… Read More
Hi there! I’m Jillian from The Starr Spangled Planner! I so happy to be stopping by Jen’s blog today. When she asked me to join her and share about my favorite science read alouds, my mind wandered to a recent letter from a male engineering students to his female peers. His viral post about the challenges that women face in the… Read More
It’s fall, it’s Halloween. It’s time for monsters. It’s time for adjectives! A coworker reminded me of this book Go Away Big Green Monster {affiliate link}. Classic 90’s book {can’t you tell from the cover??}. I remember reading this book as a kid. I’ve just barely touched on adjectives with our pumpkin exploration, but now it’s time to dig deep and… Read More
Every once in a while, I get a BRILLIANT idea. It always comes in the middle of my lesson. I literally say, “WAIT. Let’s try this…” Have you had those moments before? It happened to me today when I started teaching commands or as common core calls it “imperative sentences”. It all started with my little Clifford stuffed animal that I… Read More
