It’s almost April! Let’s get your library ready! Ramona Recommends and I are here to help you pick your read alouds for this month 🙂 Oh April! The month of spring, cool, but sunny weather! We hope these books give you pep in your step for this month. Click, Clack, Peep! Farmer Brown’s animals are at it […]
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March Read Aloud Recommendations!
Courtney from Ramona Recommends and I have decided to put our two libraries together {& she’s got a big one} to recommend some monthly-themed books! Check back with us each month for our top picks for K-5 classrooms. Yes, we are a little late to the March party, but we are here to give recommendations anyways! […]
Picture Books for Reading Comprehension
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 […]
Research Project Template
Research projects are a great way to introduce little learners to the world of non-fiction. Throughout first and second grade we enjoy many non-fiction texts. By the end of first grade, I had my first graders doing a research project practically on their own (in a small group). Here are some tips and even a […]
End of the Year Ideas
The end of the school year is right around the corner! Here’s a round up of fun end of the year ideas to help you make it to summer break. Bubble Tags Each year, I do something sweet for my students at the end of the school year. These bubble wands are always a hit […]
5+ St. Patrick’s Day Activities
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in the classroom this year? Here are a few favorite St. Patrick’s Day activities to celebrate (and keep the learning going…mostly)! Inferencing Freebie This activity is based on inferencing skills. Students will be given hidden clues and will have to guess what’s in the leprechaun’s pot of gold. Who doesn’t love […]
5 Ideas for Valentine’s Day in the Classroom
Happy Valentine’s Day! There’s nothing sweeter than Valentine’s Day in an elementary classroom. From the handwritten notes, to the carefully decorated card boxes, there really isn’t anything cuter. There are so many fun and exciting ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the classroom, even with the youngest learners. From candy to crafts to stories and […]
First Day of (Virtual) School
Virtual learning, distance learning, asynchronous, synchronous, unprecedented times, flexibility. The words we are tired of hearing, am I right?? Let’s chat about the first day of (virtual) school! I’m going to take you through my first day of (virtual) school slides. It kept me organized to have everything I would be doing in one powerpoint […]
3 Simple Distance Learning Tools
I wanted to offer some of my favorite distance learning tools (including tutorials). These are simple enough to use and effective enough for any classroom. Screencastify screencastify.com With this screen recording program (best used as an extension with Chrome web browser), you can record lessons or instruction to send to your students. You can record […]
10+ Beginning Chapter Books
Congrats, you have little readers! They are always wanting to read chapter books, but some are just out of reach for independent reading. Here’s a curated list of beginning chapter books to boost confidence and get your students reading! Note: this post contains affiliate links to Amazon Mia Mayhem Everyone will love Mia Mayhem, a […]