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Back to School in 2021

John & CarolDecember 30, 2020Leave a Reply

John starts school first, on January 4th, 2021…at our dining room table.

In Southern California, all ICU beds are filled. His district has opted that for the foreseeable future high school teachers and students will teach and learn from home. I go back to school next week , on January 11, 2021. In our district, teachers are back at school, and students have had the option of learning from home or learning at school. Approximately half of our students enrolled in my school are physically back at school. read more

A REAL Way to do Distance Learning

John & CarolAugust 1, 20202 Replies

As we head into what will likely be the strangest school year in our lifetime, you are probably wondering , “What will school look like this year?” No one really knows. We are bombarded with so many “distance learning” options. These “options” make it sound like, “If you just used this model, your problems will be solved!”. Some of these “options” are simply printable resources that you still will either have to physically deliver to the student or printable resources that you will have to somehow convert to a digital platform. read more

Teaching 2nd Grade Literacy Standards with Technology …. Now it’s easy!

John & CarolFebruary 9, 2019Leave a Reply

Second Grade ELA Interactive Google Resources! — Make Grammar Fun and Easy

Teaching grammar in second grade can be challenging. Sometimes it’s hard to find time to have your students practice their grammar skills. Grammar can be boring, and when students are bored, they are not engaged. Each story that read in class can contain many literacy skills that we can learned and practiced. Tie your story together with these key standards and make it fun! read more

California Missions for Google Classroom!

John & CarolMarch 31, 2018Leave a Reply

Tired of the same old fourth grade “build a mission” project for your fourth grade classroom? California Missions for Google Classroom is the new way to teach a unit on California Missions and California Mission History! read more

ELA Time! Have fun with Past Tense Irregular Verbs and other Parts of Speech!

John & CarolMarch 11, 2018Leave a Reply

The chrome cart is sitting in the back of your room and ….. collecting dust. It’s time to teach past tense irregular verbs. What to do? Start by using your devices in your ELA or Literacy block to teach some literacy skills such as parts of speech! We use technology throughout the day, because if students are engaged in learning their critical skills and having fun, it is much easier for your to pull small groups and work with students who need you. Students are less likely to “go sideways” and be off task if they are doing something that they love…. And they LOVE using technology. read more