The Benefits of Using Brain Breaks in Elementary
As teachers, we know the importance of giving our students breaks throughout the day to give them a chance to get re-energized and increase engagement in learning. But how do you do it? Brain break activities for elementary are a great way to give students a break from using their noggin and a chance to […]
Tips for Teaching Summarizing in an Engaging Way
Summarizing seems like an easy enough subject to teach to elementary students, but it can be a little tricky! Reading a text and explaining the main points of the story seems straightforward forward but it’s getting all of those important parts that’s the hard part. As an elementary teacher, I’m sure you know the struggle! […]
Monthly Writing Prompts Made Easy as Journals
In early elementary when students are learning to read and write, the most important thing they can do is practice, practice, practice! After they have mastered their letters and sounds, it’s important that they get to work putting those newfound skills to work by sounding out words and writing some masterpieces. So how do you […]
Are Word Walls Still Used and Effective?
Are you using word walls? Many elementary teachers have been transitioning from Word Walls to Sound Walls. A Word wall is organized alphabetically using all 26 letters. Sound Walls, on the other hand, focus on phonemes and articulation whereas word walls focus on one word and letters. Both walls are fantastic in their own ways […]