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4 Ways To Get Engagement Back After Break
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in 2nd grade, 3rd grade, Classroom Set Up & Organization, Digital resources, distance learning, Freebies, Lesson Planning, Life Science, Physical Science, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science Lesson Planning, STEM, Teacher hacks, teacher tips, teacherlife, Teaching Materials, Teaching Methods and Strategies, Test Prep and Review, virtual learningUs teachers know: the weeks before a break are nearly impossible to keep students engaged and learning. We are just trying to keep everyone alive and maybe entertained. Am I right?! The week or two after break can be just as challenging. We have to get our students readjusted to classroom procedures and learning. I…
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How to Fit Science into a Busy Day of Learning
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in 2nd grade, Back to School, Classroom Set Up & Organization, Digital resources, distance learning, Freebies, Lesson Planning, Planning Materials, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science Lesson Planning, Teacher hacks, teacher tips, teacherlife, Teaching Materials, Teaching Methods and Strategies, virtual learningquick science lessons
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Coming Soon!! Teacher’s Workstation Science Lessons Newsletter
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in 2nd grade, Back to School, Classroom Set Up & Organization, Digital resources, distance learning, Freebies, Lesson Planning, Life Science, Physical Science, Planning Materials, Resources for Parents, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science Lesson Planning, STEM, Teacher hacks, teacher tips, teacherlife, Teaching Materials, Teaching Methods and Strategies, Test Prep and Review, This Week in Science, Uncategorized, virtual learningStarting soon, I will be sending out detailed complete science lesson plans to save you all the planning time! Join today so you don’t miss out when these get going. The first lesson plans will come out this Summer to stay ahead of your scope. You will receive weekly science lesson plans straight to your…
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Teacher Tip: How to leave work on time every day
It’s time to take back your nights and weekends. You deserve it! How I leave work on time each day! {without compromising student learning or success} Honestly, I rarely leave work late as a teacher. I am not a slacker, and my students have always thrived in learning and scored high enough to keep our…
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READING IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM
Science and Literacy Teaching kids reading skills shouldn’t be left solely up to the reading or ELA teacher. Informational texts are challenging for kids and they need as much exposure to them as possible to develop the skills need to comprehend what they read. Teaching kids to read informational texts is an important job for a…
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Top 3 End of the Year STEM Units that Keep Students Engaged and Behavior Under Control
Teachers, Summer is coming!! This is always an exciting time of the year, which makes all those behavior skills your students work so hard to build all year go right out the window. 😅 No fear! Simple literacy-infused STEM units are my absolute favorite way to keep students learning and engaged during the last few…
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Interactions in Ecosystems: This Week in 5th Grade Science
Life Science is something that I love to teach in Spring because animals and plants are becoming active again. We can teach what students are starting to see in their world around them. Plus, we have more opportunity to tie in natural occurrences to our lessons such as baby animals and plant growth. This week…
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Minimalist Planning – #TEACHERLIFE 101
Last week I shared one of the biggest ways I maintain my sanity and avoid teacher burnout – minimizing my grading routine. Today, I am going to share another one of my biggest ways to save your time and sanity: Simplify your planning and prepping routine. My way of simplifying and becoming a minimalist planner/prepper…
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THE BIG LIST OF TEACHING MIXTURES – ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
This is my Big List of Teaching Everything Mixtures to help you find what you’re looking for to teach this concept. I always plan this to follow my properties of matter unit. I will start at 5th grade and work my way down to kinder. Click any picture to see more about it or to…
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The Big List of Teaching Properties of Matter – Elementary Science
This is my Big List of Teaching Everything Properties of Matter to help you find what you’re looking for to teach this concept. This is always my second topic of the year, right after the Nature of Science intro unit. I will start at 5th grade and work my way down to kinder. Click any…