http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/elementary-teacher-resources-blog.html Quick, easy and effective elementary teacher resources. en-us elementary teacher resources Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:37:36 GMT Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:37:36 GMT elementary-teacher-resources.com http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/the_daily_5.html The Daily 5 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:37:34 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/when-to-update-book-bins.html When do you find is a good time for your kids to go 'book-shopping' aka find good fit books to store in book bins? Right now I'm using their center Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:31:05 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/daily-5-book-bins.html How many books are in each student's bin? Did they pick them from the library or from books you have in your room? How often do they change the books Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:43:16 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/the-daily-cafe.html Do you use the Cafe book along with the Daily 5? If so, how do you incorporate it into your day? Thank you Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:40:54 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/spelling-words-independently.html After my model and mini-lesson, the students go to their seats with their journals. They are supposed to draw a picture and write a sentence about the Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:44:25 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/running-records-in-kindergarten.html If a student is reading the same word incorrectly throughout the book, is that word counted as incorrect every time or just once? Or can the teacher Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:22:23 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/nonstandard-measurement1.html My Principal is planning to observe me teach a math lesson (measurement- nonstandard) for 45 minutes next week. I have some classroom objects for my Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:14:51 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/picking-seats.html This is my 2nd year to do Daily 5 in kindergarten and we love it. My kids choose where they want to go for each round which seems to work well. However Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:46:16 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/half-day-kindergarten-and-the-daily-5.html Can I do The Daily 5 with half-day kindergarten? What would you change, modify, eliminate? Thanks Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:26:51 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/question_and_answer.html Question and Answer - Helpful Tips for Teachers Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:21:47 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/second-grade-daily-5.html I bought the Daily Five book last summer, read it, and sticky noted it everywhere in the book. My second graders loved the fact that they were teachers Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:14:40 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/daily-five-in-kindergarten.html My school district embraced the Daily Five philosophy a few years ago. I totally Kindergarten-ized it and use it February through June. It is amazing Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:12:31 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/do-we-have-to-go-to-recess.html I started reading Daily 5 over the summer and while I wanted to get started, I decided to wait. I finally started in November (right after Thanksgiving Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:08:36 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/what-about-read-to-someone-and-listen-to-reading.html I noticed that you skip 2 parts of The Daily 5. Why did you remove them? Are you going to add them in? Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:44:46 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/baggy-stories-in-the-writing-center.html I have gotten lots of pictures of people, children, and animals for the bag called Who?. Lots of pictures of things; balls, hopscotch, pails, swings, Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:04:10 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/morning-woes-morning-work.html I'm having trouble keeping kids engaged with a quality activity as soon as they come into the room. After they arrive, hang their backpacks up, Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:58:24 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/guided-reading2.html How do I make sure I am effectively running my guided reading circles? At times, I feel like I am not reaching out to help the lowest students. 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Also, do you know where I can Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:18:21 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/primary-ese-ebd.html I have K-2 students and recently had a student placed in my class that seems to show autistc characteristics. He repeats everything I say all day Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:49:39 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/writing-slump.html I am in a Writing slump! Any fresh ideas on how I can get more pumped to teach Writing again? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:47:40 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/paraprofessional-requirements.html What are the requirements to become a Para? Are they different in different Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:47:03 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/comic-book-center.html With so many of the kids today reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, I am finding that most of the children (especially the boys) really enjoy Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:50:02 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/johnnies-math-page.html Johnnie's Math Page, jmathpage.com, is a portal to the best interactive math learning activities for children. Hundreds of activites have been Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:45:16 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/learntohelporg.html Ever want to help your students make the world a better place? If so, check out LearnToHelp.org It's purpose is to inspire everyone to do community Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:38:35 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/student-teacher.html I need to teach CVC words and sounds. I feel this may have to be done before having the students write in journals, but 95 of class can read at a Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:32:05 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/number-recognition.html Hi, My K4 students are having difficulty learning to recognize numbers. I am interested in any ideas which have been successful! Thanks, Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:30:03 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/polar-animals.html I really like to teach polar animals in January, but I'm looking to spice it up and bump up the curriculum this year. Do you have any great ideas on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:48:08 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/extra-plastic-easter-eggs.html When Easter rolled around I gathered up plenty of plastic Easter eggs to use in a literacy center for my preschool class. I separated the eggs (cut Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:30:24 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/sticker-stories.html Sticker Stories is a writing center that is a lot of fun for the students and very easy to prepare. All you need are holiday or themed stickers and Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:29:22 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/teaching_materials.html Teaching Materials Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:31:21 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/writing_craft_posters.html Writing Craft Posters Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:20:09 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/primary_writing_rubric.html Primary Writing Rubric - A easy and effective tool to assess writing Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:22:23 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/primary_literacy_centers.html Primary Literacy Centers Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:20:27 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/centers-without-room.html I would like to know how I could do centers when I have no room. My district says all reading teachers need to do centers for 60 mins during their Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:33:14 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/-.html Thank you for writing this info in such a concise manner. You've made it sound real by giving personal examples so that it doesn't sound straight Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:57:26 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/index.html Quick, easy and effective elementary teacher resources. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:53:53 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/100-chart-puzzles.html I copy a 100 chart on oak tag and laminate it. I then cut the chart into puzzle pieces. This is a great game and kids love Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:04:56 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/writing-process1.html How do you incorporate the writing process: Brainstorm Draft Edit Publish ... into the teaching of crafts? Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:52:56 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/third-grade-rigby-guided-reading.html I finally found a guided reading series I can use. The language based teacher at my school gave me a copy of the Rigby Literacy series DRA Levels 28 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:50:18 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/new-k-teacher.html Hello Everyone! I was just placed in a Kindergarten at the last minute. I have not seen my classroom and will be thrown into the swing of things Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:36:41 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/thank-you2.html I've only seen the tip of the iceberg of this website and I am already hooked. It took a mere five minutes to realize how helpful this resource is! Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:40:12 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/motor-skills.html I have a child in my first grade class who is pretty low. However, he has beautiful handwriting. I mentioned to a paraprofessional in my room that Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:39:23 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/reading-series-organization.html I am a first year teacher and a late hire at that. I inherited the organizational system the previous teacher had used. The previous teacher Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:36:59 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/what-to-do-for-first-day-of-school-in-prek.html I accepted an assignment for Pre K and it begins on the first day of school which is this Monday. I didn't get the assignment until after Friday so Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:33:43 GMT