Best teaching tips, tricks, and anchor charts. Especially for elementary teachers, especially math teachers.
If you have read any of my teaching posts before, you know I’m all about intrinsic motivation with my students. I honestly and truly believe that by motivating a student extrinsically you are setting them up for failure. Since I am opposed to just going out, spending money, and buying something just because, it is…
This might be the very first year that I have actually NOT counted down days until the end of the year. I have no idea why. Maybe it’s because I have found new ways to challenge myself this year or perhaps I have been working so hard that I didn’t even realize how much time…
You really can’t understand the ins and outs of teaching until you experience it. Today I’m wanting to share some of my advice on teaching with this post of the top ten things I wish I knew before becoming a teacher! 10 Pieces of Advice on Teaching 1. Teachers earn their summer vacation There is…
I’m not a huge fan of state testing. Then again, I don’t really know many teachers that are. I understand the purpose of these assessments, but I can’t believe that one test can affect so many different things. For example, since I teach fifth grade, if the students don’t pass, the state says they shouldn’t…
One of the most important things I do each day is give my students a goodbye hug or high five as they leave for the day. Once the bell rings, on their way out, they have the option to choose what they want to do. Every. Single. Day. Now, you would think all the girls…
If you keep up with the blog, you know that this year I have had to work very hard to motivate my students. After creating my proactive language anchor chart, I decided there was more that had to be done. This is when I created my classroom data wall. It takes a lot for some…