Exciting lesson ideas, classroom strategies, book lists, videos, and reproducibles in a daily blog by teachers

Alycia

I live in

New York

I teach

3rd grade

I am

an almost-digital-native and Ms. Frizzle wannabe

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Experimenting with Exploding Soap: Volume, Density, Teamwork
Mother’s Day Gifts for the Artistically Challenged
Eight Books for Earth Day and Beyond
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Tiffani

I live in

California

I teach

Kindergarten

I am

an alphabet singing and storybook reading enthusiast

Here are my most recent blog posts:

End-of-the-Year Countdown
Open House: A Time to Shine
From Caterpillars to Butterflies
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Christy

I live in

New York

I teach

K-5

I am

a proud supporter of American public education and a tech integrationist

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Poetry Made Easy
Field Trip Apps
Fun With Flashlight Readers!
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Beth

I live in

Michigan

I teach

3rd grade

I am

an enthusiastic teacher and techie, and a mom of three boys

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Math Workshop's Daily Schedule
Math Workshop: Group Rotation #3
Math Workshop: Group Rotation #2
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Meghan

I live in

Alabama

I teach

4th grade

I am

an obsessive personality with a creative flair

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Fabulous Field Trips in Five Steps
A Book for Every Reader
Financial Literacy Finds: Teaching Money Skills to Students
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Julie

I live in

Texas

I teach

PreK-5th

I am

a Literacy Coach, and lover of picture books

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Understanding Audience: Writing Book Reviews
Writing Sequels: A Primary Book Club Project
A Schoolwide Celebration of Poetry
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Shari

I live in

Kansas

I teach

2nd grade

I am

an inquiring investigator of… my students’ brains, of course

Here are my most recent blog posts:

Top 10 Reasons to Use Authentic Learning
Using a Time Line as an Established Tool
Models, Music, and More on the Concept of Time
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Welcoming a Class Pet, a Living Mascot

By Alycia Zimmerman on January 2, 2013

I admire animals from afar, but the responsibility of keeping a creature alive makes me panic. Why then did this human-centric teacher...

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Holiday Celebrations with a Bookish Twist!

By Alycia Zimmerman on December 13, 2012

In my classroom, we celebrate books alongside Christmas stockings and latkes. Here are three ideas to make the holiday season book-filled...

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Classroom Songs: It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like December!

By Alycia Zimmerman on December 5, 2012

Whether you warble like Julie Andrews, or wheeze like a bull, here are some tips to get your students singing, both in December, and all...

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Teaching Math with Picture Books, Part 2

By Alycia Zimmerman on November 28, 2012

Here's my hard-to-pare list of effective, clever, and just-plain-fun math picture books. I’m going to share some of my more unusual...

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Four Tips for Untangling (Power Cords and More!)

By Alycia Zimmerman on November 21, 2012

One of the curses of our well-connected modern lives is that sometimes things get too well-connected –- as in that jumble of extension...

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Teaching Math With Picture Books, Part 1

By Alycia Zimmerman on November 14, 2012

When we use picture books to support math lessons, students are not only excited to learn math in a different way, but they also come to...

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Heading Back to School After Hurricane Sandy – A Brainstorm

By Alycia Zimmerman on November 2, 2012

When I return to school with my students on Monday, I need a game plan to help my students reflect and share about their hurricane...

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Exploring Etymologies, the Stories of our Words

By Alycia Zimmerman on October 30, 2012

Did you know that Dr. Seuss coined the word “nerd,” or that the @ symbol is nearly five hundred years old? My students do, thanks to a...

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Four Ways to Teach Kids about College

By Alycia Zimmerman on October 24, 2012

It's never to soon to begin teaching children about college! Here are four fun ways to help elementary students explore how college will...

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