by Kirsten U | Mar 9, 2020 | Instruction, Life Skills
Teaching skip counting is one of my favorite things do to. For some kids, skip counting comes naturally and for others it is more of a challenge. I like to incorporate all sorts of ways to help skip counting stick for my kids. Chanting and Songs The rhythmic nature of...
by Kirsten U | Feb 13, 2020 | Class Management, Instruction
I love using short guided meditation for students in my classrooms. If you’re wondering if your kids can handle meditation, I assure you, they absolutely can. My elementary students did wonderfully with meditation. One of them would even spontaneously put his...
by Kirsten U | Jan 7, 2019 | Books, Instruction
It’s almost Martin Luther King Jr. day. This important day reminds us of a great man in history who pushed for equality. Before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, you should read a book with your class about him. It would be a tragedy if students had the day off to...
by Kirsten U | Sep 14, 2018 | Adaptations, Emergencies, Instruction
On what I thought was a normal day, the loud speaker in my class alerted us to start our lockdown procedure. It was not a drill. Somebody was outside our building in the empty lot next door with a gun shooting. My classroom overlooked the parking lot and had an...
by Kirsten U | Jun 20, 2018 | Instruction
Technology is where the future is going and truthfully, where we are already today. But many of our classrooms don’t yet reflect this. Without making technology a natural, daily part of classroom instruction, our students will be ill prepared to compete in the...
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