Reading comprehension can be a difficult skill for students to master. Learning how to retell stories can be a great way to help students increase their reading comprehension. In addition, this can be great to practice other important reading skills. So, how do you teach students how to retell stories in a way that makes sense? What is a Story Retell? When you ask students to retell stories, what you’re really asking them to do is summarize (which is a fundamental skill). However, this word can be a bit scary and ... Read More about 3 Simple Steps to Simply Retell Stories and Increase Comprehension
4 Simple Steps for Writing Journals in Elementary
One of the best tools you can use in your classroom is journals. Journals can help students work on their writing skills which in turn can help with reading. If you use a specific system for writing journals in elementary, they also get used to routine which can help them follow directions. How do you make sure your students’ journals are exactly what you want them to be? By following these steps. Begin with Basics When you are introducing journaling in your classroom, you want to make sure you have a format that you are ... Read More about 4 Simple Steps for Writing Journals in Elementary
3 Simple Games to Teach Probability in Elementary
A key skill students need to learn in elementary is probability. This seems like a difficult task. However, when I see a standard that might seem hard to tackle, I can make it into something fun and interactive for students. You can use simple manipulatives and fun games that have a gradual release to teach probability in elementary with the flip of a coin. Teaching Probability in Elementary with a 2 to 1 Ration One of my favorite games to teach probability requires two students, one coin between them, a piece of scrap paper, and a ... Read More about 3 Simple Games to Teach Probability in Elementary
How to Easily Help Students Choose a Journal Topic
Whenever I start journaling with students, I like to give them the opportunity to simply write about whatever they want. However, sometimes students have no idea what to write about. When students don’t what to write in their journal, I like to use these steps to help them choose a journal topic. Check out my YouTube video about this below. Always Start with the Basics I have a strict journal structure I like my students to follow. So, to start I like to remind students to start with putting the date on top of the page. Then, I ... Read More about How to Easily Help Students Choose a Journal Topic
Simple Steps to Teach Patterning in Elementary
One skill that seems to be rooted in every standard of elementary is creating patterns. While this might seem like a simple skill for students to master, it can be quite the process if students have never worked with patterning before. I like to break down this process when I teach patterning in elementary. By doing so, you’ll be able to see where students struggle the most. Review Attributes Before I even begin to teach anything related to patterning, I go back a step and review attributes. When we review attributes, we talk ... Read More about Simple Steps to Teach Patterning in Elementary
How to Easily Introduce Journals in Elementary
How I introduce Journal Writing in September Kids are really struggling with self-regulation these days. Sometimes this means that when I introduce writing in a Journal, the kids struggle with simple things like page set up. So to prevent the chaos when a kid can’t find a blank page in their journal because they have been randomly using pages throughout the book, I like to introduce Journal writing in a structured way with a temporary Journal. Creating Your Journal for Elementary The notebooks we use are bound by 2 ... Read More about How to Easily Introduce Journals in Elementary
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