Do your students like poetry? Did you like poetry as a student? If you are anything like me or my students, the answer would probably be "not at all" or "it is confusing". When I moved to 4th grade and learned I would be teaching poetry, I was less than enthusiastic about it. Honestly, I thought it would be a unit that I would just have to get through and that it didn't really matter that much. ... Read More about 5 Steps to Help Your Upper Elementary Students Read and Understand Poetry
My Favorite Upper Elementary Math Test Prep. Idea
Do your students love candy?!? I have never had a class of students that don't love candy, but with candy comes the sugar and we all know what it is like to be with 20+ kids that are full of sugar! Not a good idea unless it's right at the end of the day and you can send them home to their parents! All jokes aside, I have found that when giving my students candy or sugar, I ... Read More about My Favorite Upper Elementary Math Test Prep. Idea
5 Intentional & Meaningful Upper Elementary Math Task Card Activities
I LOVE math task cards, but a couple years ago, I had a problem when using them. Let's start with why I love them. I love math task cards because the word problems are already created for me, they can be saved to use year after year and they give my upper elementary students more practice with word problems. That all sounds great, right? Here was my problem! I found that math task cards were ... Read More about 5 Intentional & Meaningful Upper Elementary Math Task Card Activities
10 Activities to Build Multiplication Fact Fluency Throughout The Day
I have always loved the phrase "no time wasted" when it comes to teaching. Most teachers only have a group of students for 1 year. That means you have 1 year to help your students grow and prepare them for what is next. Now, I am not saying don't give your students brain breaks or moments when they are not learning (that is a whole different blog post), but what I am saying is that we need to ... Read More about 10 Activities to Build Multiplication Fact Fluency Throughout The Day
March Madness: Upper Elementary Edition
I am a big fan of March Madness, but not for the reasons you may think! I am not a huge basketball fan and probably can count on one hand how many basketball games I watch in one year. What I do love though is competition! If you tell me that you are making something a competition, I am there for it. So many of our students love competition too! So, about 4 years ago, I started having March ... Read More about March Madness: Upper Elementary Edition
How to Use Timed Tests Without the Timer
I want to start by admitting that I used timed tests WITH a timer in my classroom my first couple years teaching upper elementary. At the time, I didn't see an issue with it and thought that all students should just be able to memorize their math facts. Well, a couple years into using timed tests, I was proven wrong when I had a parent come to me very upset about the anxiety that these timed ... Read More about How to Use Timed Tests Without the Timer
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