Instructional activities elementary

Here are the only three anchor charts you need to teach point of view in your elementary classroom! Simple and effective for best practices.

A place value Cheerio tower? Genius!

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve taught, how beautifully you made your lesson plans, or how well you have crafted a fabulous learning activity for your students. The fact is that almost every day, we encounter those awkward five to ten-minute blocks of time when it’s too short to start something new but too long […]

Teachers often get surprised with extra classes or substitute teacher-duty and then find themselves in need of no-prep activities. The following ten No-Prep classroom activities have been used often used with great effect. As the name implies, these games can be used with groups with no preparation needed and were selected from my new book

Use words from independent reading to jumpstart vocabulary building in your classroom! Upper elementary readers will love learning about new and unfamiliar words in their texts with this daily routine. In about 10 minutes a day, students will increase their vocabulary throughout the year. Read about how to do it in this blog post for elementary teachers!

Make math fun with these LEGO math activities! Ideas for addition, subtraction, measurement, place value, multiplication, and more.

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Learning with games is a great way to start off the new school year. Check out these ways to turn your Google Classroom into a fun interactive experience.

Differentiated instructions and math rotations helps your elementary and kindergarten students grasp number sense. Differentiated math task boxes increase independence. Your students will love these!

Read to see how I plan and organize activities to run my small phonics groups in the beginning of the school year! Plus get this FREE customizable small group planning template to organize your own groups! #Kindergarten #Phonics #SmallGroups

These classroom management strategies will revamp your teaching! Here are 10 FREE tips and tricks you can implement easily in your management plan.

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