Announcing Summer Classes
Summer Classes Begin June 7 Just because the school year is almost over, it doesn’t mean the fun and learning have to stop! I’m excited to announce that I will be offering summer classes this year! Avoid Summer Slide Studies have shown for years that students lose a significant amount of knowledge in reading, […]
Student Presentations Are Great Learning Tools
Students Learn About Different Cultures, Including Their Own In my Dive into Social Studies Class for grades 2-3, we spent about eight weeks learning all about cultural similarities and differences. We read about and discussed traditions, holidays, foods, clothing, homes, games, and more. We wrapped up the unit with student presentations, one of my favorite […]
Exploring American History Through Literature Class Brings History to Life
History Does Not Have To Be Boring Does your student find history a bit dry and boring? Do YOU find it a bit dry and boring to teach? When I was in school, I hated history. History textbooks seemed to be a lot of wars, dates, and names of long dead people. Memorizing facts […]
Student Spotlight-Riley Bodziak, Live Online Creative Story Writing Student
Meet Riley Bodziak, Creative Story Writing Class Student Welcome to my Student Spotlight Newsletter. This year I introduced my Creative Story Writing Class, and I just LOVE this class! I told my students it feels more like a college class, because the kids that are in it really want to be there; they are enthusiastic, […]
Introducing Dive Into Social Studies Students
Introducing Dive into Social Studies Students This week I want to shine the student spotlight on my Dive into Social Studies students. These second and third graders learned about geography and democracy during first semester. In our geography unit, students made maps with the continents and oceans, learned about countries, states, and communities, and created maps of […]
Student Spotlight-Elijah Wolf, Live Online Literature and Writing Student
Meet Elijah Wolf, Literature and Writing Class Student Welcome to my second Student Spotlight Newsletter. I love reading great books with students of all ages, and my favorite part of my literature and writing classes is when students do class presentations. This year my Literature and Writing class for grades 4-6 read a realistic fiction novel called Eleven, […]
