Helping Teachers Inspire Learners
Spring Art ideas are everywhere! Sometimes, you just want a quick, yet impactful lesson. Here are a couple that turned out quite well. Seriously, this Spring art idea is nothing more than a coloring sheet! However, I loved how colorful they looked and I decided to mount them onto dark green paper for effect. It is quite a dramatic look…
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I have been asked a few times how I use teaching visualization in the classroom to promote writing and improve reading comprehension. Last year, I created Visualize a Story so that others could have a fun way to introduce or reinforce this skill to their students. It’s based on an old idea that was presented to me when I first…
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When children understand story elements, they are more easily able to organize writing. The idea I would like to share with you today originated in a workshop I went to several years ago by Tony Stead. My class of second graders have been working on comprehension strategies to increase our reading fluency. We have done lots of whole class stories…
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Multiculturalism in the classroom means more than just understanding that we all come from different backgrounds. Let me back up and explain how I got to introducing this very important concept. Over the last few weeks, our class has been looking at friendship, bullying and everything in between. Since the beginning of the year (of every year), I explained to…
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The Invisible Boy is likely one of my favorite books in the last few years. I first discovered it last week, when one of my colleagues shared it with me. I decided that I would read it before Valentine’s Day because it had a great message about friends and social learning. The book was called: The Invisible Boy by Trudy…
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If you’ve been wondering how we are doing on our passion projects – well, we missed the last Friday due to the Lunar New Year assembly last Friday. However, there was some data collecting going on. Read on! So far I have been trying to get the students to take a look at themselves and who they are. We have…
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