It’s that time of year again – high stakes testing! Whether you love it or hate it, it’s here. With that, I wanted to highlight some of the blog posts I’ve shared here before, as well as a couple new things I think you’ll enjoy regarding test prep. Do your students sometimes struggle with following directions when it comes to testing?…
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St. Patrick’s Day Art Ideas
When I taught at the Hutterite Colony, I was in charge of my own art lessons each week. Add in the fact that I looped with the students, and it got pretty hard to come up with something new each week! Since I was already teaching 12 different preps a day, I didn’t have a lot of time to plan…
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Walking on Sunshine
Have you ever had a coworker or loved one having a particularly bad day? Check out this great “Sunshine Basket” idea. You find all the great yellow material you can to show the other person they are appreciated and loved. Recently I came across this idea from 5th grade teacher Constance Massey. She had a coworker who was having an…
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Using Graffiti as Review in the Classroom
Looking for a new, “cool” way to allow students to review? Try a graffiti wall in the classroom! Graffiti as review is about as engaged as I’ve ever seen my students. You can truly use this for any topic or subject! I’ve tried it with 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students – but I could see it working from about…
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Heart Art for Valentine’s Day
I don’t know about all of you, but I’ve ended up teaching art classes in nearly every single school I’ve worked at. Typically I try to get at least a 30 minute session in once each week, but you know how it goes… If something needs to be skipped, it was often art. 🙁 However, I quickly realized that if…
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