I have found that if you get kids excited about learning and have them physically moving around, you can turn anything into a game. Whether a scavenger hunt in the classroom consists of task cards or cut up pieces of a worksheet, it’s quite impressive how they rise to the occasion. You can place the…
Here’s a reading skill that I used to consider to be a simple one: rhyming. Of course, that it is until I had to teach it to students who struggled with it. Below, I’ve outlined a few things that I’ve learned through my experience teaching the skill of rhyming so that you can benefit from…
Teach Reading? But How? Looking back, I can remember how excited I was in my first teaching job. I had the degree, certification, lesson plan writing skills and an open mind. I loved teaching (still do), and I knew that this was what I was meant to do. I taught special education, at the upper…
