As an elementary teacher, helping our students master their math facts is an important goal. After all, the basic operations…
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7 Fun Beginning Sounds Activities
When it comes to teaching beginning sounds to young learners, I am all about variety! Over the years, I’ve found…
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5 Hands-On Activities to Teach Growth and Changes in Plants
Of all the science standards that I teach, I think Growth and Changes in Plants has got to be one…
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Fun and Engaging Activities for Teaching Forces Causing Movement
I love teaching science, but sometimes it can be difficult to find fun and engaging science activities that can be…
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Fun Ways to Teach Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
As a teacher, it can really be stressful trying to incorporate science standards like Needs and Characteristics of Living Things…
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5 Fun Ideas for Teaching Daily and Seasonal Changes
Does teaching Daily and Seasonal Changes strike fear in your soul? If it does, then it’s probably because resources are…
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Energy in Our Lives – Grade One Ontario Science Curriculum
When I first began to teach about Energy in Our Lives, I got really nervous! There are so many smaller…
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6 Reasons Why Sight Words Are Vital
When you’re reading through a text, there are some words you just know and you don’t have to think about…
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Organizing Your Classroom on a Dollar
Organization, the “o” word we all claim to be the masters of at the beginning of the school year. No…
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5 Ways to Re-Use Scoot
We all know and LOVE Scoot, but doing the same thing over and over becomes boring and ineffective. So what…
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5 Ways to Review with Scoot
Have you ever spent too much time in class going over a past concept when you really didn’t need to?…
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4 STEMulating ways to Connect with Parents
There are so many hot topics in education today. Two of them are STEM and parent communication. STEM is the…
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