16 Things Every Teacher Needs in Their Classroom
In an ideal world, every teacher’s classroom would be fully outfitted with everything they need to teach in a way that’s fun and engaging and helps young learners meet all their educational and personal goals. As a truly exceptional teacher, you’re of course doing...
How to Write a Lesson Plan for Your Elementary School Class
As a teacher, you understand the importance of foundational skills, both for your students and for yourself. There is no more important foundational skill for running a successful classroom than the ability to write a lesson plan that will help to foster authentic...
13 Grants for Elementary Schools (2023-2024 Edition)
When you’re looking for ways to help fill in the gaps in your school’s limited budget—and for most teachers we know, this is an ongoing task that takes up as much time as you have to give—one of the best options available are grants. Grants exist to provide resources...
20 History-Themed Writing Prompts for Elementary Students
Developing a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the past is one of the most crucial tools that will allow young learners to become better able to understand the future. Writing assignments that are engaging and entertaining but also require focused blocks of...
13 Guided Reading Activities for Elementary Students
Guided reading is a method used to introduce and reinforce reading skills that are usually taught during one-on-one reading time. Rather than a replacement, guided reading is most often used in addition to occasional one-on-one reading time as a way to spend more...
Descriptive Writing Prompts for Elementary Students
We exist in a primarily visual world. From movies and TV shows to video games and social media, there’s no denying that visual media is more popular than ever before. It is more important now for writers to use vivid and descriptive language to help readers visualize...
13 Fun Social Studies Activities for 5th-Grade Students!
There are so many different school subjects, from math to language arts to science, and it can be difficult to devote as much time as we’d like to every subject given the limited time and resources. One subject that we feel tends to get overlooked more often than not...
Effective Editing Strategies for Elementary Students
Every elementary school teacher knows that editing is a lot of work, both doing it and teaching it. You’ve heard all your students’ excuses: editing is hard; it takes too much time; everyone will know what they mean without edits, and of course, the classic “the first...
13 Fantastic Read-Aloud Books for 1st Grade Classrooms!
Many children start to build their fluency with written language and begin reading independently in first grade. It’s important to nurture and encourage this new skill—perhaps it will become the most enduring hobby of their lives—and one of the best ways to encourage...
You Can Make a Hardcover Book with Your Class! Here’s How
Despite fearful predictions about the future obsolescence of books ever since the invention of radio, books are still as popular as ever! From reader-focused communities like Bookstagram (Instagram accounts focused on the aesthetics and content of books) to BookTok...
How to Save Time While Planning Your Lessons
When it comes to teaching, lesson planning is a necessary evil. While lesson planning can look vastly different depending on your district or administration expectations, the fact remains that teachers spend a lot of time doing it. But we have some good news! Simple...
12 Ways to Help Students Who Struggle with Writing
With rising concerns over excessive screen time and the ubiquity of video calls, some might be led to believe the relevance of writing to everyday life is going the way of the dodo and Underwood typewriters. On the contrary, writing and reading are just as common as...
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