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Looking for activities to use as you dive into the Magic Tree House series? Engage your young explorer with these crafts, comprehension activities, and book extension ideas. These activities are perfect for nurturing a love of reading and adventure while targeting key reading skills. About The Magic Tree House Series The Magic Tree House transports readers into a world of… Read More
Are you getting ready to start your graphing unit? Let me help! I’m sharing my favorite graphing activities. This includes books, hands-on activities, and easy ways to get kids learning to read, interpret, and create a variety of graphs. Graphing Activities Teaching graphing helps lay the foundation for critical thinking and data analysis. By learning to create and interpret graphs,… Read More
As teachers, we know that teamwork, community, and cooperation are essential values that we want our students to learn. One way to reinforce these concepts is by sharing books that highlight the importance of working together towards a common goal. By sharing these books with our students, we can help them understand the value of teamwork and cooperation in their… Read More
Place value is an important concept that helps kids understand numbers and how they work. Here are a variety of fun and interactive place value games and activities to help students learn and better understand place value. Place Value Games and Activities Why do we need to teach place value? It’s an important step for learning operations. It is necessary… Read More
Finding papers without names on them is not only frustrating, but tracking down the owners can be time consuming! Here are several tips for preventing and handling no name papers in the classroom. Tips to Prevent No Name Papers The best way to handle no name papers is to prevent the problem from happening. Easier said than done, right? Here… Read More
Many primary classrooms invite family and community members to visit the classroom as a guest reader during the school year. However, not all of these visitors know exactly what book they should share. Instead of scrambling to find a book at the last minute, you can put together a special collection of read aloud books for guest readers. Here are… Read More
