Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
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Hello friends, new and old! If you're just joining the Creatively Comprehensive club, welcome! i'm so glad to have you. ...and if you've been here awhile, I appreciate you just as much. (don't tell the newbies about the corny jokes yet, okay? give them a minute to get settled.) ANYWAY. There's a good chance that if we've crossed paths on the the ol' interwebs, you've probably tried a scavenger hunt or two of mine. Now, I love all my scavenger hunt babies equally, but this Earth Day version? It comes at the perfect time. You know April is a rough month. Spring Break is over, and you have to dive head first into test prep, testing, meetings about testing, alternative testing for promotion...you get the picture. This, of course, leads to a lot of butts in seats. Unfortunately, Reader, April (and the beginning of spring) is the time of year when said butts are dying to get out of their seats, which may lead to a little friction between teacher and student, amirite? Therefore, I'm giving you permission to take one day next month to plan this scavenger hunt activity for your students. They'll get to move AND still practice reading nonfiction and answering questions. It's a win for everyone. Until next time, Marianna |
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Simple yet engaging ways to make your upper elementary lessons meaningful and fun!
Not everything needs to be invented from scratch, Reader. So if you need to come up with a way for students to respond to reading that doesn't interfere with your plans to binge The Pitt this week (because how is it the season finale already), may I humbly suggest this done-for-you option: JUST HIT PRINT They work with independent reading, centers, homework, small groups, and pair beautifully with whatever reading curriculum you are already using. So instead of spending your evening coming up...
Earth Day Every Day, Reader. ...unless you're a busy teacher prepping for test season. As much as torn construction paper collages and recycled art projects have their moment, this time of year is not exactly overflowing with extra wiggle room in upper elementary. You need your seasonal activities to pull their weight. Luckily, this one does: GET THE SCAVENGER HUNT Students move around the room reading Earth Day fact cards, answering text-based questions, working with vocabulary, and...
We're trying something new, Reader: Every Friday until the end of the school year, Iβm sending a short note built around one real teacher question. Not the kind you're asking your admin. The real kind. The questions that show up in the teacher's lounge, next to the copier that seamlessly ran off 27 of 28 copies before breaking down. So letβs start here: Is it too late to start something new in April? For a brand-new system with twelve moving parts and a learning curve? Yes. For something...