Since it is beautiful and warm here in Australia today, I have been inspired to write about some of my favorite ocean activities. In Prep/1 (aka Kindergarten and 1st Grade) we did a huge “Under the Sea” unit. And with all units, the aim was to integrate as much math, literacy, science, and FUN into […]
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Continents
My class is busy with a unit on world geography. Of course the first step in looking at this massive topic is to understand the continents. After several weeks and some heated debate at school, I have become even MORE unsure of what those actually are…. As a child I learned that there are seven […]
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Super Bowl Sale on Teachers Pay Teachers – Feb 3rd!
There is going to be another huge sale on Teachers Pay Teachers all day on February 3rd! My ENTIRE store will be 20% off, and if you use the site promotion code (SUPER), you will get an additional 10% off. This means a total of 28% off your purchase (because the 10% comes off the […]
Cyber Monday (and Tuesday) Sale!
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. I want to let you know about a huge sale starting tomorrow at Teachers Pay Teachers! It is a Cyber Monday, and Tuesday sale. All of my stuff will be 20% off, and if you use the promo code, you will get another 10 % […]
Use Attainable Examples
It can be difficult to find excellent mentor texts for young writers. It is easy to find beautiful, authored books in any genre we may like, but often these books seem unattainable to our young writers. They know that the language, words, and vocabulary is just out of their range, if not way out of […]