When I started using these this year, it was an experiment to see if they’re valuable at all. Y’all. Seriously. Not only are they EASY […]
Tag: 3rd grade
Easy Review Activity: Sprints (Part 2)
What is a sprint? A sprint is a review activity that involves students only getting one question at a time, having to solve it, then […]
Easy Review Game: Sprint (Part 1)
It’s review season, and that means teachers are getting ready for days and days and days of test prep. It’s not the most fun, by […]
Classroom Setup – An Introspective (Part 2)
So if you missed part 1, I looked back at my second classroom (and the room I was in the longest) – it went through […]
Classroom Setup – An Introspective (Part 1)
Classroom setup is by far one of the most irritating, fun, and important parts of being a teacher that doesn’t involve the actual act of, […]
Teaching Ancient Egypt (Part 3)
Teaching Ancient Egypt (Part 3) So in Part 1 we covered geography, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile. Part 2 was all about the mummies. In […]
Teaching Ancient Egypt (Part 2)
Mummies So at this point your kiddos should be familiar with Ancient Egypt. If not, I covered in Part 1 how to introduce it and […]
Dig in to Science
Learning with poop? Yep. Learning with poop. (not real poop. I promise) So after reading Hope and Wade King’s book The Wild Card, I remember reading/seeing […]
Ancient (or Near-Ancient) Civilizations
We’re about to head into my favorite 3rd grade social studies unit: ancient civilizations. (Well, four of them are ancient, one is medieval). Let me […]