Picture this: your students are working diligently on math centers. You have been pulling small groups and students are really starting to "get" the math concepts. Then, it is the end of the week and your students turn in all their math center work. You stare at the huge pile of papers, a bit daunted with the idea of grading all that student work. Can you picture that? … [Read more...] about Assessing Math Centers
Archives for October 2016
Planning Read Alouds in Upper Elementary
If you have followed my blog for while, you know that I love using read alouds in my classroom. They are a great way to build community, expose students to a variety of text, and to teach reading skills. For more information about the benefits of using read alouds in upper elementary classrooms (with implementation tips), click HERE to read a previous post I wrote. … [Read more...] about Planning Read Alouds in Upper Elementary
How to Get Your Students to Follow Directions
Getting students to quickly follow directions is a work of art for sure. My first couple of years teaching, I am not sure how much of my instruction time I wasted repeating directions, clarifying unclear directions, redirecting students who were not following directions, you get the idea! The next couple of years, I experimented with strategies and techniques to get my … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Students to Follow Directions
Halloween Read Alouds for Upper Elementary {Free Printables}
Using read alouds in my classroom is right up there with math centers on my list of favorite classroom activities. And I LOVE integrating holidays into my read alouds. Today, I want to share with you my favorite Halloween read alouds suitable for upper elementary classrooms. To read more about implementing read alouds in your classroom and the benefits, click … [Read more...] about Halloween Read Alouds for Upper Elementary {Free Printables}
Guided Reading Binder for Upper Elementary {Free Forms}
Guided reading has always been a staple in my reading instruction. But, as much as I love guided reading, it is so easy (like scary easy) to have a jumbled mess of lesson plans, running records, and other random forms in piles upon piles at my guided reading table. To combat this, I streamlined my guided reading binder into a super functional organizational tool with all … [Read more...] about Guided Reading Binder for Upper Elementary {Free Forms}