TEACHER TIPS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL
Summer is just around the corner—so close you can almost taste it! BUT you must...
Have Fun Teaching Figurative Language
Don’t inflate the cow? What??? Idioms are just one of many types of figurative language...
10 LUCKY ST. PATRICK’S DAY MENTOR TEXT WITH TEACHER TIPS
Get lucky with these 10 St. Patrick’s Day texts that can be used to explain...
What is the Meaning Behind St. Patrick’s Day?
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya’! Not morning? Well, then, ‘top o’ the evenin’ to...
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
When teaching about people in our history, I like to give students an overview of...
How to Write a Cereal Box Biography
Cereal Box Biographies are the perfect book reports to assign when studying biographies or autobiographies....
11 Activities for Teaching a Mystery Unit
A mystery unit is perfect for a classroom of curious kids! There’s excitement in the...
What is Informative Writing?
Hey Rockstars! Do you LOVE writing? I do! We’ve been talking about the three different...
What is Opinion Writing?
Teaching OPINION WRITING can seem intimidating, but it’s really not…or maybe that’s just my opinion!...