Instructional activities elementary

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve taught, how beautifully you made your lesson plans, or how well you have crafted a fabulous learning activity for your students. The fact is that almost every day, we encounter those awkward five to ten-minute blocks of time when it’s too short to start something new but too long […]

Teachers often get surprised with extra classes or substitute teacher-duty and then find themselves in need of no-prep activities. The following ten No-Prep classroom activities have been used often used with great effect. As the name implies, these games can be used with groups with no preparation needed and were selected from my new book… Read More »10 No-Prep Classroom Activities The post 10 No-Prep Classroom Activities appeared first on English Teacher Resources.

This is a fun thing to set up in your class to get students excited from the start

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A place value Cheerio tower? Genius!

Make math fun with these LEGO math activities! Ideas for addition, subtraction, measurement, place value, multiplication, and more.

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Differentiated instructions and math rotations helps your elementary and kindergarten students grasp number sense. Differentiated math task boxes increase independence. Your students will love these!

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The Cookie Sheet Activities have certainly been popular with my kindergarten and first grade teacher friends. They are so versatile- they can be used within small group instruction or as independent literacy center activities. It’s always so important to incorporate hands-on learning especially for our young and struggling readers and these activities do the trick. […]

Use words from independent reading to jumpstart vocabulary building in your classroom! Upper elementary readers will love learning about new and unfamiliar words in their texts with this daily routine. In about 10 minutes a day, students will increase their vocabulary throughout the year. Read about how to do it in this blog post for elementary teachers!