Mentor Texts and Mini-lessons for Writer’s Workshop and Readers’ Workshop
Are you struggling to know what quality mentor texts to use for your mini-lessons? Well, you’re in luck because I’ve put together a list of mentor texts by skills for K-2. How exciting! I’ve got you covered! Finding good mentor texts can be challenging. First, you need to look at your own personal library to […]
Linking Literature with Watermelon Day
Have you ever had a book that you didn’t know what to do with it in your classroom? Well, if you have Watermelon Day by Kathi Appelt… you’re in luck! I’d like to share with you some activities and ideas that I’ve done with my first graders. My students LOVE this book and it captures […]
How to Teach Writing to Elementary Students
Have you wanted to start Writer’s Workshop but didn’t know where or how to start? Well, hopefully in this post you get some new ideas and feel alittle more at ease with teaching writing. You won’t believe this, but writing is my favorite subject to teach my first graders, so you’re in luck! For this […]
My Classroom Behavior Management: Tips and Tricks
Social Contract I LOVE a challenge… so when I have students in my classroom who are challenging behaviorally, I love to see how I can make them successful. On the first day of school I always start out with a Social Contract and the students all help me generate rules for our classroom. Then we […]