As a 5th grade teacher, there are two things that I always ask: The school year will FLY by! Enjoy it, because you can't do it again. The...

Learn how to teach characters in an explicit, clear, and easy way! Look out for part 2!

Learn how to teach characters in an explicit, clear, and easy way! Look out for part 2!

Food connects us all, so why not use it to help students get to know each other! In this product, students use task cards tied to menu items to ask and answer questions about each other!

Imagine it is the first day of school and you don't know anyone. You moved over the summer and you have no friends yet, so you sit in...

The beginning of the year causes many emotions. So how do we deal with the beginning of the year blues?

Learn how to make small groups to help struggling readers.

If you haven't already, make sure you go to part 1 of this series! You get a FREE worksheet for your trouble! As I said in part 1, one...

Storytime. I've always loved technology and feel using it serves a vital purpose in the 5th grade classroom! Imagine my happiness when I...

Theme is what we learn from something or the moral of the story. It's what we "walk away with" after watching, listening, or reading...

Imagine this. You have to get a book from your classroom library and you immediately flush with anxiety. You've never been too big of a...

I have always loved spelling. I'm sure this stems from my mom loving to read so much she read actual dictionaries (this is a true story)....

As teachers, we never have enough time. I'm not sure if it's always been this way, though. I recall seeing my teachers relaxed anc calm...

One of the easiest ways to create and assess comprehension is by using read and responds. A read and respond is when a student reads a...

Picture books are a great way to expose children to different ideas, different places, different animals, as well as different people....