For some reason, this unit has always been one of my favorites. I have improvised it along the years, but got many ideas from a Master Teacher years ago. This unit took us the entire month of January, fitting in Science whenever I could. I also use a lot of G.L.A.D. strategies in most of my […]
A whole post dedicated to November
I don’t know about you, but these germs my little kiddos are bringing me are wrecking havoc on my poor immune system. My month started with all of these goodies. Then included 2 rounds of antibiotics. What to do??? To start each month off, I always send home a family art project. It gets the […]
Listen & Sketch: A great teaching strategy for visualizing
This activity was created by Marcia Brechtel, the creator of Project GLAD. Project GLAD is a program that has amazing strategies for English Language Learners, but it works well with all learners. This is one of my favorite activities because it takes zero prep! We have to supply our own paper in my district so […]
3 simple classroom rules to live by
For the first few years of teaching, I tried out different rules. I had the students come up with them and they’d sign them, I’d come up with them and we’d agree on them, and so on and so forth. I found that the list of rules was becoming too long. Thanks to Project GLAD, […]