Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Unicorn
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Submarine
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Fish
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Dragon
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Girl
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Boy
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Directed Drawing Videos: Robot
Have you tried directed drawing with your students? There are so many ways to use it in the classroom!
COMBINE DRAWING AND WRITING
Use your drawings as writing prompts! You can see more photos of the directed drawing activities we use in my classroom by clicking HERE.
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Teaching Social Skills: Growth Mindset Classroom
Welcome to the Social Skills Ideas Bank!
The Social Skills Idea Bank is a series of related posts, each dedicated to sharing strategies for teaching a particular social skill.
As teachers, our strength lies in sharing our ideas, experiences and strategies!
This is a growing list, and ...
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STEM and Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset STEM Bundle 1
What is STEM?
STEM challenges are not just about building things.STEM involves:
★ presenting students with an authentic problem★ challenging students to collaborate for possible solutions★ making specific plans for the solution★ testing the model to see ...
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Simple Art Projects: Free Downloads
Looking for some super simple art projects?
These quick and easy art projects are a great way for students to be creative without a lot of prep.
TEACHER PREP DIRECTIONS:
These require very little prep! Most are on one page, so just make a copy for each student. You can use white paper ...
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Seasonal Art and Crafts Projects
SEASONAL ART IDEAS
Our classroom is always full of bright and colorful art work!
My student are so proud to see their work displayed, and how they pull their parents into the class to see what they completed today.
This year, I took my art lessons to another level by making them ...
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S.T.E.M. and Growth Mindset
Here's some real talk about my experience using STEM in the classroom.
When I am coordinating S.T.E.M. curriculum for grades 1-5, I observe many students exploring the STEM process who are truly engaged with hands-on learning.
For the most part, students LOVE it!
However...
Sometimes I ...
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Top Children’s Books To Teach About Emotions
A large part of my curriculum is purposely spent exploring emotions with my students. We explore what they are called, what causes them, and how to handle them appropriately in the classroom. The big idea is that emotions are all okay, but how we react to our emotions is worth some ...
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25 Classroom Tested Mother’s Day Ideas
This will be my 25th year searching for cute new Mother's and Father's Day ideas! Because I often have siblings of my students from previous years, I don't want to repeat those ideas too often.
I've collected a big list of ideas, most of which I've tried in my classroom to see how well they ...
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Sentences: Building and Self Editing
My students LOVE building sentences with hands-on materials. We are also expected to use activities that can show progress, that are rigorous and that cover many differentiate skills at one time.
During center time, we use lots of different word tiles, word blocks and word puzzles to build ...
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Art Tutorial – Little Gecko
We made these cute little geckos in our classroom during art time, and they turned out so well that I've made another simple tutorial to show how easy it is!
You will need green and black paper, glue, scissors, and chalk pastels (similar to soft chalk). You could change the colors ...
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STEM Exploration Outside the Classroom
During the past few years, STEM has gained significant momentum! When incorporating STEM activities, students think critically, use their hands, and design something they are proud of. Honestly, it is a fantastic experience whenever watching students complete STEM activities. However, we ...
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Directed Drawing Videos: Valentine Hearts
Do your students love directed drawing? Mine do!
WHY DIRECTED DRAWING?
There are lots of reasons to try directed drawing with your students! Here are a few skills and benefits:
practice with following directions
practice close attention to detail
fine motor development
increased ...
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Directed Drawing Video: Skating Penguin
Do your students love directed drawing? Mine do!
WHY DIRECTED DRAWING?
There are lots of reasons to try directed drawing with your students! Here are a few skills and benefits:
practice with following directions
practice close attention to detail
fine motor development
increased ...
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Directed Drawing Videos: Polar Bear
Do your students love directed drawing? Mine do!
WHY DIRECTED DRAWING?
There are lots of reasons to try directed drawing with your students! Here are a few skills and benefits:
practice with following directions
practice close attention to detail
fine motor development
increased ...
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Directed Drawing Video: Gingerbread Man
Do your students love directed drawing? Mine do!
WHY DIRECTED DRAWING?
There are lots of reasons to try directed drawing with your students! Here are a few skills and benefits:
practice with following directions
practice close attention to detail
fine motor development
increased ...
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18 Sight Words Strategies and Resources
Each new teaching year challenges me to find new and interactive ways to work with sight words in my classroom.
I like to keep my literacy centers fresh and engaging so that students are excited to try each new activity!
I'm sharing lots of ideas from my classroom ...
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