I was having a great year. One of my best years of teaching to date. My students, their families, our student teacher, my coworkers…everything was going so well. But then March 2020 began and everything started to change. I know …
Since I last wrote about our daily schedule, a few things have changed in our kindergarten classroom! The biggest difference has been the incorporation of rotations to teach math and ELA skills. Those two areas of our day, along with …
One thing I’ve learned since moving away from whole group math instruction is that I need to make sure I have plenty of differentiated activities for my students. In math specifically, I’ve found that my students need plenty of opportunities …
My interest in the Reggio Emilia approach to education began when I was in college. Learning about the physical environment in Reggio spaces was a highlight of my undergraduate coursework, and I knew that one day I would like to …
When I began using the reader’s workshop model, I knew that there were lots of things I would need to change and prepare for to make it successful in my classroom. Besides changing my own form of instruction from whole …
