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Positive Reinforcement in the Classroom!

Do you need a simple and effective way to include more positive reinforcement into your classroom? Check out my teacher tip!Sooooo, I'm a little late with adding my tip but better late than never! Mrs. Beattie's Classroom is sharing some fab tips for teachers every Tuesday! Be sure to stop by and check out all of the great tips!Do you ever find yourself being a negative nelly in the classroom? I recently found myself in a bit of a negativity slump (always nagging, saying no etc.). So I decided I ... Read the Post

Top 5 Mentor Texts for Teaching the Ideas Trait

Are your students stuck for ideas to write about? Are you teaching using the 6 traits and need a great mentor text? Using mentor texts can help to spark some idea generation for students who have difficulty coming up with ideas to write about.Read on to check out some of the best read alouds or mentor texts for teaching the ideas trait:I started using writing traits for teaching writing several years ago and I haven't looked back! You can read about that journey here! If you're already teaching ... Read the Post

Use Sequencing to Improve Writing and Comprehension! (FREEBIE INSIDE)

Story sequencing is a key comprehension strategy that students should be able to do. Being able to sequence events in a story or reading passage allows students to organize the ideas in their mind. They can identify the beginning, middle, and end and recognize that texts have an order.Not only will practising sequencing improve their reading comprehension skills but it is also an important skill for writing. Students need to understand that their writing has to be in an order that makes sense. ... Read the Post

Listen to Reading

Do your students listen to reading? This is a regular literacy station in my classroom that the students love to visit. It's also highly beneficial for them!To check out my Listen to Reading: Poem of the Week Pack you can click here or on any of the images in this post. If you're looking for follow up activities for these poems you can check out my Poem of the Week Mega Bundle which has these same 40 poems with 5 follow up activities for each poem. The MP3s are not included in the Mega ... Read the Post

Second Grade Truths

Over the last few weeks I have had a featured post on my facebook page called "Second Grade Truths". My friend Alisa from First Grade Fun Times originally created First Grade Truths and she asked me to create some for second grade after she had many requests.Check out some of the Second Grade Truths Below and if you would like access to all of them you can download the FREE set from my store by clicking here or on any of the images below:Enjoy! DON'T MISS ... Read the Post

Teacher Collaboration AND Our Editable Teacher Binder

Check it out!I've never co-created a product before but one of my besties from RclassroomsRus and I decided to venture into this unknown and scary collaboration project together! And guess what?It was an awesome experience! Collaboration can be tricky sometimes especially with our colleagues but more often than not collaboration makes everyone better. You know that saying..."2 Heads are better than one", it's so true.First we brainstormed what we wanted to include in our editable teacher binder, ... Read the Post