7 Spring Picture Books
Spring has sprung! I just love the change of seasons. Even though it happens every year and I should be used to it by now, the four seasons never cease to amaze me. Living in southeastern Pennsylvania, I do get to enjoy all four seasons, and spring along with fall, constitute my top two favorites.…
Best Ideas To Use Technology To Teach Writing
We are teaching in an age in which technology is a big part of our students’ lives. From gaining access to phones, tablets, and laptops at earlier and earlier ages, students surpass the technology skills of previous generations at a quicker pace. By harnessing those technology skills and interests students possess, we can promote writing…
5 Activities for The War that Saved My Life
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker is one of the best children’s novels I have read in quite some time. Recommended for grades 5-8, this historical fiction novel has everything you’d want to teach your students: history, complex characters, raw events, life lessons, heartbreaking and heartwarming scenes, and so much more. If…
5 Presidents’ Day Activities
Presidents’ Day is February 20th this year, and as elementary and/or Social Studies teachers, it’s important to educate students on the history of this day and the presidents it celebrates. We have put together 5 Presidents’ Day activities to be used in the elementary or middle school Social Studies classroom. Brief History Presidents’ Day was…
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