Encourage life long learning through literacy
Learning through play was my goal when my children and I put together these polar bear Arctic sensory activities. Last year I used pillowcases and blue play dough and let the kids have fun building the arctic on top of the craft table. This year they wanted to expand the idea using old bedsheets, gems, …
If your young learner is working on informational writing and needs help to write a topic sentence please watch this video for two helpful strategies to make this skill easy to master! The lesson is focused for grade 4, but it can easily be used for grades 3-5 as well. What is informational writing? This …
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My favorite students year after year are always my reluctant writers. They remind me of myself. I struggled with reading and writing until I was in the fourth grade and had an incredible teacher named Mrs. Moseley that changed my "fake it till I make it" strategy, and instead, she taught me new ways of …