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Meaningful Classroom Setup Ideas

Meaningful Classroom Setup Ideas

Classroom Setup When I got hired on as a first year teacher, I was so eager to get into the classroom and start setting things up! Little did I know there was so much that went into classroom setup. I wish I had someone tell me “Get these things ready for your...
How to Make Math Facts Fun

How to Make Math Facts Fun

Math Fact Fun Let’s not just drill our students on their math facts with timed tests, let’s bring in math fact fun! I believe math fact practice should be fun and meaningful! So I’m sharing three ideas of math fact activities that you can do with your students plus...
Remote Learning: What I Sent With Students

Remote Learning: What I Sent With Students

Remote Learning In my classroom, I like to keep what we do engaging, simple, and meaningful. So when schools were closed, and we had to turn to remote learning, I wanted the assignments I sent home to, of course, be engaging, simple, and meaningful. Here is a list of...
Online Student Engagement Tips

Online Student Engagement Tips

Online Student Engagement What a crazy school year 2020 has been. Many of us teachers have been turned to distant learning. Whether that is teaching online to your students or creating work to be sent home, I want to share my tips for online student engagement to help...

Ideas for Student Engagement – Direct Instruction

Direct instruction is the part of the lesson where the teacher explicitly teaches the content. It is before guided practice and independent practice. Usually during guided and independent practice is where it is easy to use student engagement strategies. But what...