Happy Tuesday! It’s almost Memorial Day! Teach your students the importance of this day and its history. I used this Direct Instruction template I created to write a Memorial Day lesson using the standard I deconstructed in my guest post…
Read More »Happy Monday! I am so happy to be a guest author today on Education to the Core! Thank you for this fabulous opportunity Emily! Check out my post and learn how I deconstruct the CCSS to create direct instruction lessons!…
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Cinco de Mayo is near! What better way to celebrate and honor diversity by having your kiddos create a fun and cute Cinco de Mayo Writing Craftivity! Here’s a FREE direct instruction lesson to help you implement this craftivity in…
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Happy Friday! Linking up with Doodle Bugs today! Read about my latest direct instruction lesson on multiplying with NINE that was posted this week. It’s free and aligned with CCSS! Want a fun project to complete with your kiddos for…
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Happy Monday! Creating Direct Instruction lessons by deconstructing Common Core Standards is a little addicting! Here’s a Direct Instruction lesson using the third grade math CCSS 3.OA.3 and 3.OA.5. Slide One: Hook The hook is a cute picture of a…
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I’m linking up today with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday! Here we go! I just wrote about a fun Earth Day craftivity you can do with your kiddos. It’s FREE until Sunday! Grab it here! Check out another one…
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Let’s go fly a kite! I have created this fun antonym lesson plan (adaptable for grades one through four), addressing the following CCSS: Grade 4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.C Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words…
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Linking up today with Doodle Bugs for Five For Friday! Check out my last post! It’s a FREE direct instruction lesson on the life cycle of a butterfly. I uploaded four new life cycle downloads to my TpT shop! Just…
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Spring and sprung! It’s time for learning about life cycles. I just posted my new Butterfly Life Cycle {Informational Text, Printables, Cut & Paste Booklet} download on TpT! But it gets even better! Here’s a FREE direct instruction lesson you can teach your students that accompanies my…
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