creative ideas for the language classroom
Good afternoon!I’m really excited to share the progress I’ve made in my classroom and link up with 4th Grade Frolics for another Monday Made It. Here are my before shots: This is the view from the back door of my classroom. This is the view from my desk corner. The door in the back next to the white cabinet is…
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Good morning everyone! I’m really excited to share my three favorite tips for beautiful and easier bulletin boards: Tip #1: Fabric Use fabric for your background! You can use a cheap flat sheet from Walmart or Target, or you buy yardage of fabric from places like Hobby Lobby and Joann’s (both have teacher discounts and coupons!). I have had the…
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Good evening everyone!Tonight I wanted to share one of my favorite techniques for practicing grammar: manipulatives! I love using manipulatives after introducing the topic, but before production. It gives them a “safer” way to apply the new material, and it’s really easy for me to check their understanding. I color-code my manipulatives (all first-person singular words are pink, all second-person…
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Good morning everyone! I am really excited to link up again with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for another Monday Made It! This week I wanted to share some of the things I have made to decorate my classroom. I am in love with this banner I made for over my desk! I was inspired by Maria Menore…
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Good morning everyone! I’m sad this is the last week of the Optimum Organization Linky with Fun in 4B and Ladybug’s Teacher Files. I’ve found so many great ideas through this linky. Today I want to share how I organize my mods. I teach high school, and I have around 150-175 students each year, with about 20-30 IEP and 504 students. That’s a…
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Good morning everyone!I just found out yesterday that I will only be teaching Spanish 1 this coming year. While I’m a little bummed that I won’t have two preps, this gives me the chance to really beef up my plans for Spanish 1. I have been thinking a lot about how I close each chapter. In past years, I have…
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