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14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. 3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of MY FAVORITE LITERACY ACTIVITIES AND GAMES Here are some of my favorite literacy activities and games: 1. I Spy. You can adapt this group game to practice blending and segmenting or to help students with specific sounds or blends. 2. Bingo. This is another game that is infinitely adaptable. You can use it to practice specific sounds or specific words. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. HOW TO ASSESS STUDENT PHONICS PROGRESS Another is to segment the sounds in a word and ask students to tell you the word. Then give the student a word and ask them to segment out the sounds like you were doing. You’ll also want to assess student phonics progress with reading and writing. Tools to help with monitoring progress in these areas include word lists, dictationsentences
14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. 3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM 21 FUN WAYS TO TEACH PHONICS THIS YEAR 2. I spy. Play like the traditional game of I Spy, but to teach phonics with it, segment the word so that students have to blend the sounds to know what you are spying. For example say: “I spy with my little eye a m-u-g.”. Ask your students to blend the sounds togetherto
WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOW PARENTS CAN HELP WITH TEACHING PHONICS Teaching phonics tips for parents. One of the best things parents can do for their kids is read with them. For students who don’t yet read, parents simply read to students. For beginning readers, students might read decodable texts or swap pages with a parent. At this stage, and even once students are independent readers, having a parent read DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
PHONICS PROGRESS MONITORING MADE EASY FOR YOU These phonics progress monitoring tools were designed to help you monitor students phonological and phonemic awareness, reading and spelling. Whatever phonics program you use, you can use these assessments as they are organized systematically by phonics knowledge. You get: Assessment summary sheet to score individual items. FUN PHONICS ROUND UP Fun phonics activities & games. Try these activities for independent work and in pairs, small groups, or the whole class. Some can even be sent home for extra practice while keeping homework fun. 1. CVC Word Puzzles. As students work the pieces of CVC puzzles into place, have students segment the sounds. Then have them push together the sounds HOW TO TEACH MULTIPLICATION TABLES 7 WAYS Write 2 x 6 on the left side, make another pattern of 6 dots on the right and write the number 12 in the top right hand corner. (Both the original 6 and the new 6 dots will show, making 12.) Continue to open up the strip of paper, each time add one more multiple of 6, until the booklet is completed. 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
WHY PHONICS GAMES ARE THE BEST WAY TO TEACH ALTERNATIVE Phonics games for alternative spellings. There are so many great phonics games you can use with small groups, have in your literacy or phonics station, or even play as a class. Spin-a-Word. Once you have a game board, there is no set up for this game. Students grasp the rules quickly and get practice reading and writing phonics words. HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 7 COOL GAMES TO PLAY WITH A CLASS WHEREVER YOU ARE Pat their head 4 times. Hop on their left foot 3 times. Touch your nose (or to avoid touching the face, swap out another part of the body, such as the elbow or knee) 2 times. Shout Boo 1 time. 3. Nonsense stories. This is a great game to play as a class or in small groups. Start a story, but only give one line. CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO START THE YEAR Start by controlling your anger. If your first instinct is to yell, take a breath. Count to five. Start by saying the student’s name. Sometimes letting the student know you see it will interrupt and stop it. Try stepping a little closer and talking quietly. You may be able to use humor to diffuse the situation. HOW TO GET KIDS MOVING: 35 PE LESSON PLANS Place large and small balls randomly on the field. Divide students into teams. Give each team a set amount of time to put. The students put the shot put so that it hits one of the balls. If students hit a large ball, the team scores one point and if they hit a small ball, the team scores two points. HOW TO ASSESS STUDENT PHONICS PROGRESS Another is to segment the sounds in a word and ask students to tell you the word. Then give the student a word and ask them to segment out the sounds like you were doing. You’ll also want to assess student phonics progress with reading and writing. Tools to help with monitoring progress in these areas include word lists, dictationsentences
15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 7 COOL GAMES TO PLAY WITH A CLASS WHEREVER YOU ARE Pat their head 4 times. Hop on their left foot 3 times. Touch your nose (or to avoid touching the face, swap out another part of the body, such as the elbow or knee) 2 times. Shout Boo 1 time. 3. Nonsense stories. This is a great game to play as a class or in small groups. Start a story, but only give one line. CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO START THE YEAR Start by controlling your anger. If your first instinct is to yell, take a breath. Count to five. Start by saying the student’s name. Sometimes letting the student know you see it will interrupt and stop it. Try stepping a little closer and talking quietly. You may be able to use humor to diffuse the situation. HOW TO GET KIDS MOVING: 35 PE LESSON PLANS Place large and small balls randomly on the field. Divide students into teams. Give each team a set amount of time to put. The students put the shot put so that it hits one of the balls. If students hit a large ball, the team scores one point and if they hit a small ball, the team scores two points. HOW TO ASSESS STUDENT PHONICS PROGRESS Another is to segment the sounds in a word and ask students to tell you the word. Then give the student a word and ask them to segment out the sounds like you were doing. You’ll also want to assess student phonics progress with reading and writing. Tools to help with monitoring progress in these areas include word lists, dictationsentences
15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOW TO TEACH CVC WORDS AND KEEP IT FUN Start to teach CVC words by having students listen for sounds. Start with the initial sound, which is usually easiest for students to hear. Once they can identify that sound, start working on end and middle sounds. Try drawing out the word, emphasizing each sound. For example, say mat as mmmm — aaa — t. 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 21 FUN WAYS TO TEACH PHONICS THIS YEAR 2. I spy. Play like the traditional game of I Spy, but to teach phonics with it, segment the word so that students have to blend the sounds to know what you are spying. For example say: “I spy with my little eye a m-u-g.”. Ask your students to blend the sounds togetherto
15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. FUN PHONICS ROUND UP Fun phonics activities & games. Try these activities for independent work and in pairs, small groups, or the whole class. Some can even be sent home for extra practice while keeping homework fun. 1. CVC Word Puzzles. As students work the pieces of CVC puzzles into place, have students segment the sounds. Then have them push together the sounds WHY I LOVE TASK CARDS FOR TEACHING MULTIPLICATION Teaching multiplication goes beyond having children memorize multiplication tables. That said, knowing times tables builds math fluency and helps students with more complex calculations, estimation,and
SOUND WALLS VS. WORD WALLS Word walls often use high frequency words or target spelling words, listed by spelling. That means if you add the word write it would go under W, while the word right would go under R. Sound walls, like word walls, feature words students are learning, but they are organized by sound. That means write and right would both go under R for their 20 QUOTES TO HELP YOU BUILD AN EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM 20 Quotes To Help You Build An Effective Classroom. Every now and then we ALL need a little inspiration to kick start us and maybe even help us to make a change. 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 7 COOL GAMES TO PLAY WITH A CLASS WHEREVER YOU ARE Pat their head 4 times. Hop on their left foot 3 times. Touch your nose (or to avoid touching the face, swap out another part of the body, such as the elbow or knee) 2 times. Shout Boo 1 time. 3. Nonsense stories. This is a great game to play as a class or in small groups. Start a story, but only give one line. CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO START THE YEAR Start by controlling your anger. If your first instinct is to yell, take a breath. Count to five. Start by saying the student’s name. Sometimes letting the student know you see it will interrupt and stop it. Try stepping a little closer and talking quietly. You may be able to use humor to diffuse the situation. HOW TO ASSESS STUDENT PHONICS PROGRESS Another is to segment the sounds in a word and ask students to tell you the word. Then give the student a word and ask them to segment out the sounds like you were doing. You’ll also want to assess student phonics progress with reading and writing. Tools to help with monitoring progress in these areas include word lists, dictationsentences
HOW TO GET KIDS MOVING: 35 PE LESSON PLANS Place large and small balls randomly on the field. Divide students into teams. Give each team a set amount of time to put. The students put the shot put so that it hits one of the balls. If students hit a large ball, the team scores one point and if they hit a small ball, the team scores two points. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. 4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 17 TREMENDOUS REASONS TO LOVE MATH Fractions, multiplication, measurements, estimates these are all parts of math that show up in the kitchen. 6. Math is black and white. Some people like math because it seems more black and white than other subjects. The answer is right or it isn’t. 7. You can take lots ofapproaches to math.
HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 7 COOL GAMES TO PLAY WITH A CLASS WHEREVER YOU ARE Pat their head 4 times. Hop on their left foot 3 times. Touch your nose (or to avoid touching the face, swap out another part of the body, such as the elbow or knee) 2 times. Shout Boo 1 time. 3. Nonsense stories. This is a great game to play as a class or in small groups. Start a story, but only give one line. CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO START THE YEAR Start by controlling your anger. If your first instinct is to yell, take a breath. Count to five. Start by saying the student’s name. Sometimes letting the student know you see it will interrupt and stop it. Try stepping a little closer and talking quietly. You may be able to use humor to diffuse the situation. HOW TO ASSESS STUDENT PHONICS PROGRESS Another is to segment the sounds in a word and ask students to tell you the word. Then give the student a word and ask them to segment out the sounds like you were doing. You’ll also want to assess student phonics progress with reading and writing. Tools to help with monitoring progress in these areas include word lists, dictationsentences
HOW TO GET KIDS MOVING: 35 PE LESSON PLANS Place large and small balls randomly on the field. Divide students into teams. Give each team a set amount of time to put. The students put the shot put so that it hits one of the balls. If students hit a large ball, the team scores one point and if they hit a small ball, the team scores two points. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. 4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOWSEE MORE ON TOPNOTCHTEACHING.COM DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 17 TREMENDOUS REASONS TO LOVE MATH Fractions, multiplication, measurements, estimates these are all parts of math that show up in the kitchen. 6. Math is black and white. Some people like math because it seems more black and white than other subjects. The answer is right or it isn’t. 7. You can take lots ofapproaches to math.
HOW TO TEACH CVC WORDS AND KEEP IT FUN Start to teach CVC words by having students listen for sounds. Start with the initial sound, which is usually easiest for students to hear. Once they can identify that sound, start working on end and middle sounds. Try drawing out the word, emphasizing each sound. For example, say mat as mmmm — aaa — t. 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. 21 FUN WAYS TO TEACH PHONICS THIS YEAR 2. I spy. Play like the traditional game of I Spy, but to teach phonics with it, segment the word so that students have to blend the sounds to know what you are spying. For example say: “I spy with my little eye a m-u-g.”. Ask your students to blend the sounds togetherto
DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY I LOVE TASK CARDS FOR TEACHING MULTIPLICATION Teaching multiplication goes beyond having children memorize multiplication tables. That said, knowing times tables builds math fluency and helps students with more complex calculations, estimation,and
HOW TO TEACH MULTIPLICATION TABLES 7 WAYS Write 2 x 6 on the left side, make another pattern of 6 dots on the right and write the number 12 in the top right hand corner. (Both the original 6 and the new 6 dots will show, making 12.) Continue to open up the strip of paper, each time add one more multiple of 6, until the booklet is completed. SOUND WALLS VS. WORD WALLS Word walls often use high frequency words or target spelling words, listed by spelling. That means if you add the word write it would go under W, while the word right would go under R. Sound walls, like word walls, feature words students are learning, but they are organized by sound. That means write and right would both go under R for their 20 QUOTES TO HELP YOU BUILD AN EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM 20 Quotes To Help You Build An Effective Classroom. Every now and then we ALL need a little inspiration to kick start us and maybe even help us to make a change. 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACTLOG IN She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDS Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
THE BEST 21 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIPS AND TRICKS 9. Sense of humor. A sense of humor can go a long way in helping to create a happy, well-run classroom. Appreciate the jokes and funny stories your students tell you. 10. Class meetings. Implementing class meetings are a great way to improve communication and cohesiveness ofa class.
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Phonemic awareness activities — blending. Once students can pick out individual sounds, demonstrate blending the sounds together to hear full words. For example, say s-u-n, accentuating every letter. Then blend the sounds together and say sun. Give students a few practice words (m-u-g > mug, s-i-t > sit, etc.). PHONICS PROGRESS MONITORING MADE EASY FOR YOU These phonics progress monitoring tools were designed to help you monitor students phonological and phonemic awareness, reading and spelling. Whatever phonics program you use, you can use these assessments as they are organized systematically by phonics knowledge. You get: Assessment summary sheet to score individual items. 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOW TO TEACH SKIP COUNTING Using hundreds grids. Hundreds grids are fantastic to use to show skip counting, and all you need is a grid and some of those clear counters (so they can still see the number underneath) like these ones. If skip counting is new to your students, get them to count by ones up to thefirst multiple.
25 POWERFUL, MOTIVATING AND INSPIRATIONAL MATH QUOTES 23. “If you stop at general math, then you will only make general money.”. – Snoop Dogg. 24. “Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.”. – Stefan Banach. 25. “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”. –Bernard Baruch.
HOW TO USE AN IPAD APP TO CREATE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS One of the options mentioned was to draw on either the iPad or iPhone. I hadn’t really considered this before, so I thought I would give it a go. The recommended program to use was ArtStudio. So off I went to the App store and downloaded the free version to my iPhone and iPad.Below is a
HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
THE BEST 21 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIPS AND TRICKS 9. Sense of humor. A sense of humor can go a long way in helping to create a happy, well-run classroom. Appreciate the jokes and funny stories your students tell you. 10. Class meetings. Implementing class meetings are a great way to improve communication and cohesiveness ofa class.
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Phonemic awareness activities — blending. Once students can pick out individual sounds, demonstrate blending the sounds together to hear full words. For example, say s-u-n, accentuating every letter. Then blend the sounds together and say sun. Give students a few practice words (m-u-g > mug, s-i-t > sit, etc.). PHONICS PROGRESS MONITORING MADE EASY FOR YOU These phonics progress monitoring tools were designed to help you monitor students phonological and phonemic awareness, reading and spelling. Whatever phonics program you use, you can use these assessments as they are organized systematically by phonics knowledge. You get: Assessment summary sheet to score individual items. 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOW TO TEACH SKIP COUNTING Using hundreds grids. Hundreds grids are fantastic to use to show skip counting, and all you need is a grid and some of those clear counters (so they can still see the number underneath) like these ones. If skip counting is new to your students, get them to count by ones up to thefirst multiple.
25 POWERFUL, MOTIVATING AND INSPIRATIONAL MATH QUOTES 23. “If you stop at general math, then you will only make general money.”. – Snoop Dogg. 24. “Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.”. – Stefan Banach. 25. “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”. –Bernard Baruch.
HOW TO USE AN IPAD APP TO CREATE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS One of the options mentioned was to draw on either the iPad or iPhone. I hadn’t really considered this before, so I thought I would give it a go. The recommended program to use was ArtStudio. So off I went to the App store and downloaded the free version to my iPhone and iPad.Below is a
HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
THE BEST 21 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIPS AND TRICKS 9. Sense of humor. A sense of humor can go a long way in helping to create a happy, well-run classroom. Appreciate the jokes and funny stories your students tell you. 10. Class meetings. Implementing class meetings are a great way to improve communication and cohesiveness ofa class.
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Phonemic awareness activities — blending. Once students can pick out individual sounds, demonstrate blending the sounds together to hear full words. For example, say s-u-n, accentuating every letter. Then blend the sounds together and say sun. Give students a few practice words (m-u-g > mug, s-i-t > sit, etc.). PHONICS PROGRESS MONITORING MADE EASY FOR YOU These phonics progress monitoring tools were designed to help you monitor students phonological and phonemic awareness, reading and spelling. Whatever phonics program you use, you can use these assessments as they are organized systematically by phonics knowledge. You get: Assessment summary sheet to score individual items. 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOW TO TEACH SKIP COUNTING Using hundreds grids. Hundreds grids are fantastic to use to show skip counting, and all you need is a grid and some of those clear counters (so they can still see the number underneath) like these ones. If skip counting is new to your students, get them to count by ones up to thefirst multiple.
25 POWERFUL, MOTIVATING AND INSPIRATIONAL MATH QUOTES 23. “If you stop at general math, then you will only make general money.”. – Snoop Dogg. 24. “Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.”. – Stefan Banach. 25. “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”. –Bernard Baruch.
HOW TO USE AN IPAD APP TO CREATE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS One of the options mentioned was to draw on either the iPad or iPhone. I hadn’t really considered this before, so I thought I would give it a go. The recommended program to use was ArtStudio. So off I went to the App store and downloaded the free version to my iPhone and iPad.Below is a
HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b HOME - TOP NOTCH TEACHINGABOUTMEMBERSSTOREBLOGRESOURCESCONTACT She will help you navigate your journey as a teacher by providing resources that save time, inspire, and motivate. Top-Notch Teaching is the brainchild of Mel Crean – ex-teacher now literacy expert and long-time advocate and coach of teachers across the globe. Mel’s experience includes remote primary school teaching in the far north of 15 QUICK SPELLING ACTIVITIES This is a great fine motor activity for little kids as well. 7. Pipe cleaner words. For this activity you will need some pipe cleaners and beads that have letters on them. Have your students thread the letters on to the pipe cleaners to make their spelling words. 8. WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. 14 FANTASTIC THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT TEACHING 14 things I love about teaching. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Seeing how kids think. Kids have amazing ideas and perspectives. It’s fascinating to hear how they approach problems and explain concepts in their own words. I love the creative ideas they come up with for art and writing and building and the connections. DISCOVER 5 OF THE BEST PHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR KIDSPHYSICAL EDUCATION GAMES FOR ELEMENTARYGAMES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Are you after some more fun physical education games that you can use with your kindergarten or second-grade students?. Physical education games are so much fun, and I’ve found that they’re an excellent way to start the school day. I set aside the first 20 minutes of the day for early morning fitness on at least three days in the week, where we play fun pe games. DISCOVER 6 OF THE BEST MATH CARD GAMES FOR KIDS This is a card game for 2 players. You will need a deck of cards with the picture cards removed (Jack, Queen, King, Joker). The ace can be used as a 1 in this game. Instructions. Separate the cards into two piles, one with the cards: ace, 2, 3 and 4 and the other pile with thecards 5 – 10.
WHY WE NEED BOUNDARIES TO BE BETTER TEACHERS Personal boundaries are important to everyone’s well-being, but they are especially important for people in caring professions, like teachers. Without good boundaries, we may find ourselves used or manipulated by others, and even if we think we are here to help and do so much, poor boundaries can lead to stress, resentment, and burnout 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
3 IMPORTANT REASONS YOUR CLASS NEEDS BRAIN BREAKS Brain breaks offer these plusses for students as individuals and for your classroom community: re-energize students and get them refocused. help them develop social skills. boost their activity. The good news is that brain breaks don’t have to take long to have a benefit! Brain breaks get kids moving. It could be standing up to stretch or TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b WHAT DO NEW TEACHERS NEED? THE ESSENTIALS CHECKLIST 1. On receiving your appointment check all of the relevant details. This includes your contract, salary, school information, grade you’ll be teaching and meet the principal or another contact person at the school. 2. Check if there is an induction program you need to complete. 3. Visit the school if possible. MY FAVORITE LITERACY ACTIVITIES AND GAMES Here are some of my favorite literacy activities and games: 1. I Spy. You can adapt this group game to practice blending and segmenting or to help students with specific sounds or blends. 2. Bingo. This is another game that is infinitely adaptable. You can use it to practice specific sounds or specific words. TEACHING PHONICS? 18 FUN IDEAS TO KEEP IT FRESH Start by writing a word on the board or a students’ individual white board. For example, write a word such as bat. Circle or underline one of the sounds in that word. Have a student change that sound to a new one to make a new word, then write that word down. For example, if b 4 EASY WAYS TO USE PHONICS CARDS The first player flips over the top card from their pile and and places it face up on the playing surface. The next player does the same, and so on. If there are 2 cards in a row that match, then players must say, “Snap” and use their hand to snap the pile of cards. The player that is the quickest wins the cards and adds them tothe bottom
THE BEST 21 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TIPS AND TRICKS 9. Sense of humor. A sense of humor can go a long way in helping to create a happy, well-run classroom. Appreciate the jokes and funny stories your students tell you. 10. Class meetings. Implementing class meetings are a great way to improve communication and cohesiveness ofa class.
4 ACTIVITIES FOR PHONEMIC AWARENESS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Phonemic awareness activities — blending. Once students can pick out individual sounds, demonstrate blending the sounds together to hear full words. For example, say s-u-n, accentuating every letter. Then blend the sounds together and say sun. Give students a few practice words (m-u-g > mug, s-i-t > sit, etc.). 13 AWESOME WAYS TO TEACH LONG VOWEL SOUNDS 1. Match up. Give students pages with images that show words with long vowel sounds and the words themselves. Have students draw a line to match the word and image that go together. 2. Sort the words. Give students a set of word cards, or give them a sheet with all HOW TO TEACH SKIP COUNTING Using hundreds grids. Hundreds grids are fantastic to use to show skip counting, and all you need is a grid and some of those clear counters (so they can still see the number underneath) like these ones. If skip counting is new to your students, get them to count by ones up to thefirst multiple.
25 POWERFUL, MOTIVATING AND INSPIRATIONAL MATH QUOTES 23. “If you stop at general math, then you will only make general money.”. – Snoop Dogg. 24. “Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.”. – Stefan Banach. 25. “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”. –Bernard Baruch.
HOW TO USE AN IPAD APP TO CREATE YOUR OWN GRAPHICS One of the options mentioned was to draw on either the iPad or iPhone. I hadn’t really considered this before, so I thought I would give it a go. The recommended program to use was ArtStudio. So off I went to the App store and downloaded the free version to my iPhone and iPad.Below is a
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