There are so many amazing books that use Christmas as a theme that you could read one a day and probably not run out in your lifetime. Christmas picture books make great gifts and they can be read all year round. Now, we recognize that not all of your students will be celebrating Christmas (and […]
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Are You Avoiding Teaching Art?
If you are an elementary generalist in Canada, chances are, you teach your own art lessons. That can be challenging if you don’t consider yourself an artist, but here are some tried and true routines we’ve put in place with our classes over the years that have saved our sanity.
Remembrance Day Art Projects
Special occasions are a great time to bring out your favourite art projects and Remembrance Day is no exception. We teach in a general classroom which means we’re responsible for art lessons all year long. While we like to teach specific skills with different projects, sometimes you have to have art projects around a specific […]
What You Should Be Doing With Your Guided Reading Group
You’re giving Guided Reading a try. Great! Do you know what you should be doing with your Guided Reading groups and reading instruction? You’re going to teach students to read. But what does that mean? We teach in upper elementary (usually Grade four or five) which means we have readers in our classroom reading from […]
