How to Explode Student Engagement with this Habitat Research Project
One HUGE 2nd grade standard is researching and learning about animals and their adaptations. Students LOVE this unit, but teachers can be intimidated by the overwhelming pressure involved in guiding student research at such a young age. I love doing this 2nd grade animal research project with my students every March! This project has been […]
How to Get Students Laughing with this Leprechaun Activity
Looking to spruce up your lesson plans this March? While this month can seem long and daunting, your writing block doesn’t have to be! Students love this leprechaun craft idea and teachers love the ease of planning that accompanies it. Intro: Read Aloud I start this lesson by reading aloud How to Catch a Leprechaun […]
Simile Monsters: How to Spark Imagination and Energize Writing
Are you looking for a fun way to reinforce teaching similes to students? Making simile monsters is always a huge hit! Students will create a fictitious monster and use similes to describe the 5 senses about their monsters. To hook students, I love to read the text Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood (affiliate […]
How to Celebrate President’s Day with this Patriotic Research Project
Are you looking for a meaningful activity to do with your students surrounding president’s day? I love having my students research different presidents and turn their research into informative reports. This can be scaffolded to be done as low as kinder or first grade (using sentence stems and modeling) or can be successfully researched and […]
How to Build a Snowman: Delightful Winter Writing
How to writing is some of the most fun and most often skipped writing for elementary students. However, procedural writing is a vital skill that cannot be skipped. One fun way to incorporate this type of writing in the cold winter months is having students write about How to Build a Snowman or How to […]
How To Catch a Snowman: Easy Winter Writing Activity
Do you want to build a snowman? No? But your kiddos might! Engage students in some how to writing this winter with a fun, how to build (digital) or how to catch (craft) a snowman activity. Weekly Plan Monday: Read aloud How to Catch a Snowman by Adam Wallace Have students make a plan to […]