I'll never forget the most important lesson I learned in college as an educator. It had a HUGE impact on me, and I still think about it every year as I get my new group of students. I was a double major - elementary and special education. At my particular university, this meant I took 13 credits more than than someone pursuing a an elementary education degree. What it really meant - more sped classes. No biggie. So I took my special … [Read more...] about The Most Important Educator Lesson
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Social Emotional Learning in the Elementary Classroom
If you had told me a decade ago that I would have have been writing about social emotional learning in the elementary classroom, I would have had two main thoughts - And then I had kids of my own. I really started to pay attention to how they "ticked". I saw that my methods of parenting were ok, but not great. I knew there had to be better ways of reaching my own children. So I started researching, and I started trying new things. And … [Read more...] about Social Emotional Learning in the Elementary Classroom
Mid-Year Community Building: Why It Matters and 4 Ways to Do It
For those first weeks of school in September, most teachers are doing a lot of classroom community building activities. I teach ESL to 5th, 6th , and 7th graders at the moment. In September, my walls are full of world maps where students mark their home countries, pages from all-about-me-books, and the results of lots of collaborative team-building activities. We all know that icebreakers and community builders create a friendly and safe learning … [Read more...] about Mid-Year Community Building: Why It Matters and 4 Ways to Do It
Getting to Know Your Students’ Interests
Happy Back to School Season!! This is Molly from The Sassy Sub and I am so excited to be guest blogging today at HoJo's Teaching Adventures. We all know that building relationships with our students is a key element in establishing a positive classroom environment necessary for a successful school year! There are many ways we can jump start the relationship building process early in the school year. Getting to know your students' interests is … [Read more...] about Getting to Know Your Students’ Interests
Building A Structure Real Life Math
Making math exciting through real life math is a great way to keep students engaged in learning. When you can tie in some financial literacy and project based learning, you've hit the trifecta! This download will help 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade elementary students building a structure in a hands-on, differentiated way. WHAT YOU GET: 70+ student printables in PDF format teacher direction pages 79 editable student pages (PowerPoint … [Read more...] about Building A Structure Real Life Math
Helpful Hints & Tips for New Teachers
Congratulations! You got through student teaching, found a teaching position, and you're ready to get started. YEA! It's an exciting time! Today I want to share some helpful hints and tips for new teachers. Your brain is probably in overdrive right now. You're trying to remember everything you learned during your years of college, while student teaching, and all the helpful information gathered from veteran teachers. But I know from experience … [Read more...] about Helpful Hints & Tips for New Teachers
30 Day Prayer Challenge for Teachers
We all know teaching can be hard. Yet there are ways to ease the difficulties associated with the profession a little bit. This 30 Day Prayer Challenge for Teachers was inspired by a different 30 day challenge I did a few months ago. I'm on on my third round of 30 day challenges at the time of this article, and it feels SO good! It gives me a focused prayer for the day, a feeling of gratitude when I'm done, helps me better process all that is … [Read more...] about 30 Day Prayer Challenge for Teachers
Kindergarten Reading and Writing Centers
Here's how I taught Kindergarten Reading and Writing Centers. No, I am not teaching Kindergarten this year, but I wanted to let you know how I ran my Kindergarten centers when I was teaching them. Everyone runs theirs differently, but I always like reading what other people do. Sometimes I hear about something and it's like, "Whoa! Why hadn't I thought of that?!" So here is what I did, as well as links to as many of the resources as I could … [Read more...] about Kindergarten Reading and Writing Centers
5 Back to School STEM Challenges You Gotta Try
It's back to school time again, and what better way to get off to a great start than with some back to school STEM challenges? (Trick question -- there is no better way!) Let's welcome our guest writer, Kerry Tracy! She has been creating STEM Challenges for years, and today is going to share some of her favorites for back-to-school! Let's get the "why" out of the way, so we can get to the fun stuff: Top 5 Reasons to Do Back to … [Read more...] about 5 Back to School STEM Challenges You Gotta Try
