As our summers come to a close, whether you are brand new to teaching or you have been teaching for many years, we are all faced with the same question every year: what do we do on the first day of school? As you may know, we at Keeping the Wonder are passionate about harnessing the same sense of wonder we all felt when were young and bringing that into our classrooms, no matter the grade, content area, or school. Whether you have a lot or a little autonomy in your first few days, know that ... VIEW POST
Keeping the Wonder in the Back-to-School Season
5 Tools That Have Helped Me With Virtual Learning
A few weeks ago, I shared this post on Instagram. That day, I had everything set up to go well. We were going to be reading "The Bus Ride" by Sahar Sabati, so I went all out and tried to decorate for the virtual lesson, I had creepy music playing, and I was even planning to read the short story with the kids using flashlights.Then, my mic wouldn't work for about 20 minutes. I couldn't figure it out, I was getting extremely flustered, but thankfully, my kids were understanding. Unfortunately, by ... VIEW POST
12 Free Back-to-School ELA Ideas
Many of us are returning to school under unprecedented circumstances. Some of us are returning virtually, some hybrid, and some in-person with many new limitations. Regardless of how we return, I'm sure we can all relate on the apprehension, confusion, and stress that is involved in every part of our daily decision-making. Twelve English educators got together to compile this blog post featuring 12 free back-to-school ELA ideas in hopes that you might found some value in them and be able to ... VIEW POST
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 12
- Next Page »