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Teaching Poetry in Middle School & Upper Elementary

Teaching poetry in upper-elementary and middle school

I love poetry and I want to share how I break down my poetry unit and teach different poetic forms. The upper elementary and middle school years are a great time to dive in and get kids excited about poetry!

My Favourite Read Aloud Novels for Grade 5

My favourite read-aloud novels for grade 5

I love how whole-class read alouds level the playing field and help build community by letting all the kids share a reading experience. These are some of the books that my fifth-graders have loved best!

15 Online Learning Assignments with Limited Screen Time… and some freebies, for good measure!

15 Online Learning Assignments with limited screen-time

If you’re anything like me, your eyes start to glaze over when you’ve been looking at a screen for too long. This online learning business is not what I signed up for! It’s not what my students and their families signed up for either. The longer I spent teaching online, the more I realized just how much screen time my students were getting between school assignments and leisure activities. I started to challenge myself to find ways to get kids learning in the online environment with as little screen time as possible.