Systematic Teaching for First and Second Grade
Ready to give student led conferences a try? By shifting the responsibility of explaining grades and progress to the learners, student led conferences can be more enjoyable than traditional conferences. What are student led conferences?During student led conferences the students are taking the lead. Parents… Keep Reading…
Teaching writing can be complicated but I think the idea of student writing conferences is even more so. Guest Whitney from Learning with Crayons will show us just how we can take away the overwhelm and get started. Weekly Writing ProcessWhitney teaches a first and second… Keep Reading…
I love teaching narrative writing using mentor texts. Students are always engaged with the stories and remember them throughout our writing unit. Here are a list of my favorites.Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through… Keep Reading…
Being a new teacher is very challenging so I’m providing my best advice for the fall in this post. Did you miss the advice for new teachers over the summer? Click here to read the post or listen to the podcast. Focus on Building Student… Keep Reading…
A writing pre-assessment is the most important first step in your writing plans. Just like other subjects, the writing pre-assessment will inform your direction for lessons.Why Use a Writing Pre-AssessmentTeaching writing is a hard subject for most teachers. Often I am asked, “Where do I… Keep Reading…
One of the best hacks to save time when writing lesson plans is to make it a system. Having a system in place makes writing your lessons go faster. Lesson Planning FormatsThe first part of getting a system started for your lesson planning is to… Keep Reading…
