‘Tis the Season for a Christmas Color By Number Worksheet! Deck the halls with a Christmas Color By Number Worksheet! These worksheets are Christmas-themed reading passages and questions… but with a fun color by number twist Reading comprehension practice is so dang important, but in December it gets tougher and tougher to keep students’ attention. Throwing in some Christmas-y and festive fun in your reading passages will help get students focused (well… at least a little more than usual!). I can’t wait to share these reading passages with you! Keep reading to learn all about these Christmas Color By Number Worksheets! Make sure to fill out the info below to get a Christmas multiplication pixel art freebie sent immediately to...
Welcome back to The Election Recap, your one-stop shop for the last seven days of midterms news. Let's get into it: In the ring Yes, it's still debate season. Yes, I still have to cover it. No, you cannot skip this recap of last week's most high-profile match-ups. For starters, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and his Democratic opponent Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on Thursday held their second and final midterms parley, a contentious back-and-forth ruled unlikely to change the outcome of the election. As noted by my colleague Peter Weber, Barnes spent the debate attempting to "paint Johnson as an out-of-touch millionaire," while "Johnson aimed to portray Barnes as an 'actor' with limited private-sector job experience." The pair sparred...
If you use the 3rd Grade Wonders reading series curriculum, you know it’s packed with engaging content and activities that help students. The different types of texts are a great opportunity to expose students to interesting material, but sometimes the passages are difficult to read. This can turn off some third-grade students who may struggle with reading. When that happens, students become disengaged, and it’s hard to bring them back. Today, I’m going to share three quick tips you can use to boost student engagement with the 3rd Grade Wonders resources, so even the most reluctant reader will be excited to learn! Tip #1 – Boost Engagement with a Wonders 3rd Grade Preview Preview the text together as a class...
THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUSThe Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills is a Halloween twist on the popular Wheels on the Bus story and song. It's a fun read aloud for Halloween in Kindergarten and First Grade! Most students are familiar with the Wheels on the Bus version already, so they will really enjoy this version that has been modified for Halloween! As with Wheels on the Bus, there is a bus going through the town. What's different is that it is a spooky bus, that makes Halloween sounds and is filled with Halloween characters! For example, the wipers go CREAK, the mummies HUM, the witches CACKLE and HOWL, and the ghosts say BOO-OO-OO. This class...
Have you ever reflected back on why you teach the way you do? What made you use that story? How did you know what to do when a certain situation arose? Could you have approached things in a different way?Teaching kids language skills so they are able to communicate effectively can be complicated at times. There are so many different experiences and abilities to take into consideration.I started to do some self reflection and realized that some of my most valuable lessons and ideas have come from raising my own children. As I stumbled through those first few years helping them learn to talk, read, write, and self regulate, I found myself creating a toolkit of skills and resources that would...
