Last year I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the Richards Institute, and their Education Through Music program. First, let me say that I am simply a fan who uses this in my classroom. I have no advertising deals, commission, or anything else. This is just plain, honest, success. The program is based on […]
Again and again I am reminded how valuable letter sorts can be. My school’s literacy coach uses them frequently with struggling readers, and I see reading intervention coaches in all of our buildings with those beautiful walls of organized magnetic letters, using them to help students build fluency. The thing is, I can’t organize my […]
Do you ever feel a bit like a celebrity? Being a kindergarten teacher is a very special role. That FIRST teacher (at least at “big kid school”) seems to hold a special sort of mystique. Where a high schooler might be embarrassed or hide if they ran into a teacher in public, to a kindergartner, […]
I started using my table signs as teaching tools around this time last year. With so much to teach, and so little time, I was looking for a way to reinforce and review tricky concepts without using a huge amount of teaching time. Table signs were the answer. Students must hear (and see, and write, […]
Something got me really fired up about board games again this week. I made the realization sometime last year that I should stop buying “educational” board games, and stick with tried and true best sellers. I started looking at traditional favorites in a whole new light, and discovered the multitude of educational opportunities in many […]
Welcome to TeachingAce! This is a place where I aim to share my thoughts and ideas as a teacher. There is nothing more valuable than conversation amongst teachers to improve our practice, so please join in. I am a kindergarten teacher, a wife, and a mom to an adorable almost three year old daughter. I […]
