Interested in starting STEM and STEAM centers in your classroom or library? Read on! Last year I started Makerspaces in my library as a way to give my students more opportunities to be “hands-on” in their learning. (You can read about my Makerspace beginnings here.) I definitely learned a lot by jumping right in, and as…
(This is a continuation of my blog “Improving Fiction and Non-Fiction-Part 1″ which you can find here.) The next step I wanted to improve was how I taught the story elements for both Fiction and Non-Fiction books. Last year I created an interactive anchor chart that I used in the beginning as we were…
I am always trying to find ways to help my kids understand the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction, so over the summer I created a Fiction and Non-Fiction Activity that I could use as an introduction as well as a review with my students. Here’s what I did. Over the years, I’ve collected A LOT of…
I love the beginning of the year, and teaching the Parts of a Book is one of my favorite lessons to do. I had previously created an activity where students actually help me MAKE a book, and then we reviewed the vocabulary on a large interactive poster. (You can read about that activity here.)…
Last Christmas, I blogged about putting together a collection of 36 Kindergarten lessons to use for those unexpected times when you are sick and don’t have the energy to type of lesson plans for a substitute. (Read more about that here.) I am SO thankful for all the feedback, support, and interest that…
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