Hello Friend! Did you know that students spend an average of 4-5 hours per school day just sitting in their seats? 聽Yikes! Some of our schools are limiting recess, reducing or even cutting PE classes, and putting a greater emphasis on test scores. 聽Active play is diminishing and being replaced with more study time. Yet […]
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I have to wonder with all we do for our students, is it really necessary to buy them each an end of year gift? From the before first day of school until the very last, there is so much we do for our students. 聽We fill our classroom with supplies and spend hours working to […]
Differentiating Instruction in the Elementary Classroom
Let’s take it back…way back… back to the one-room schoolhouse. A time where one teacher had students of all ages in a single classroom and was faced with the daily challenge of meeting each of their individual needs. It’s here where we find the roots of differentiated instruction! So while we may have swapped out […]
