Summer ideas, tips and activities!
Students LOVE this spin and read digraphs game and it is a great progress monitoring tool to measure how many digraph words they can read. Use this reading game to practice reading words with digraphs in kindergarten or first grade. Spin & Read Directions: Students spin the spinner and then read a word from that …
When students think of summertime, they typically dream of long, lazy days doing anything but schoolwork. Whether its sleeping in late or spending an entire day playing their favorite video game, most kids want nothing to do with academics during their break. Teachers, though, are wired differently. Yes, we crave some time off and will …
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Roll and cover games for math are a hit for helping students practice a multitude of math skills. Cool math games like all of these compiled here are dice games that help practice addition and subtraction with fun themes. You’ll find themed games by character, season and inspiring variations on this classic game. To make …
Classroom management is a huge part of the classroom culture. No matter what time of the year, teachers are always working hard on developing community within the classroom environment and strong character within students. Here are two ideas and free download printables that may help guide you to helping create the environment you want. Class …
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Cootie catchers are a fun way to practice skills. These 17 quick cootie catcher printables are all free and just might spark some lesson plan ideas. In the classroom there are times where we just need to find creative ways for independent practice to help students master skills. These printables were designed by such creative …
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Students want to enjoy their summer, but we want them to continue practicing their skills so that they don’t lose progress… Seems impossible, but this end of year gift gives them the best of both worlds! Here is my end of year gift idea… fun, yet academic! Fill a beach bucket with toys and books and …
Worms are the perfect springtime life science theme. Here are 16 classic and creative activities with Earthworms or ideas to take learning about worms further. You’ll love the ways to teach observation, creating worm habitats, writing about worms and Earthworm crafts too. Observing Earthworms 1. Can Worms Smell – Set up a creative experiment to see if worms …
Emergent readers play a big role in learning how to read. These 52 emergent readers are all free and all teacher-created! There are Holiday emergent readers, alphabet and sight words, themed printable readers, non-fiction, book based and vocabulary readers too! How wonderful to be able to work on reading comprehension along with emerging reading skills all …
The month of July can be restful for a teacher. Here is a mega list of free July resources, printables and classroom activities you can use when you return to planning for school. Most teachers are spending July away from the classroom. Though that doesn’t mean teachers aren’t thinking about, planning for and prepping for …
Create a cute fruits, roots seeds or flowers garden. He is a fun plants science craft for kindergarten or first graders. Students create large fruits or vegetables using construction paper and fingerprints and categorize theirs into the proper category: fruits, roots, seeds or flowers. This craft would make a great addition to these 4 easy and …
Create a fractional flower with first graders. Here is a craft project involving fractions for first grade. This flower is created with colorful squares, making the prep work simple and the product interesting. Students will create a geometric fractional flower and label the fractional parts using fill in the blank sentences. Fractional Flower Math Craft …
It’s time to get organized for June, the end of a year and summer school! Let’s see if Teach Junkie can help break down s ome teacher organization stuff as your personal teacher’s assistant. {wink} So, let’s take a day to really plan and organize your schedule. Here are some of the …
It’s that time again! It’s “Teaching Idea Tuesday” where you show off your creative teaching tips, activities and lesson plans. Link up your blog post with a teaching idea like something you taught, a project you made, a lesson, or fun tip. {anything goes} Creative Teaching Ideas In order to play with us, you’ll need to add this …
Its exciting that our first Teaching Ideas Tuesday launched without a hitch – I’m featuring my teaching ideas to use this week from last Tuesday’s linky party. I hope you find something fantastic that you’d like to make or teach this week as well. These are just the top 5 teaching ideas that I had time …
