J.P. PELZMAN
Perhaps the most important skill that students need to acquire before the first grade is counting. An understanding of numbers will be expected as first grade teachers move to teach addition and subtraction. The use of number lines, number books and number games are great ways to reinforce the ...
Because of standards in the curriculum, most split-grade classes teach at the level of the older students. This means, that the students are not missing out on anything that other students on the same grade level are learning. Being the oldest in the class, provides these students with the ...
My part-time job at the elementary school went remote, and I know Bradley could hear every word of my phonics lessons as I attempted to teach reading over Zoom. We needed office space. Bradley’s job stayed remote two days a week even after sheltering-in-place lifted, and the kitchen ta...
Godaloneis myfortress…the One that I can run to when my heart is overwhelmed. From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (Ps. 61:2) When your heart is overwhelmed with how to teach your students through a comput...
(Our class has a 1st grade class that we do reading buddies with. Each week for about 20 min, my 5th graders go down and read with the 1st graders. We LOVE it! Shout out to my friend, Misty, who is my reading buddy partner and has a really cool 12 Days of Christmas unit for ...
apps and virtual worlds for clients including PBS Kids Sprout, Scholastic, Crayola, Pepperidge Farm, Campbell's Soup and Georgia Public Television. Deb led the research and design of Planet Orange—a site designed to teach 1st through 6th graders financial literacy—which won a USA Today Education...
To our knowledge, only one study has ever examined if teachers’ spatial skills differ by the educational level in which they teach. Using a nationally representative dataset, Atit et al. (2018) examined the spatial skills of high school students who later became pre-college teachers. Results ...
Comparable, but not equal,if you teach kindergarten. There is lots to do: final assessments, report cards,Mother’s Dayas well as normal teaching awesomeness. It can leave us feelingsuper ready for summerand a little worn out. ThisABC end of year countdownwas personally a way for me ...
Talk to the first-grade teachers in your school about the methods they used to teach subtraction. Using similar methods in the beginning will be less confusing for your students. If you don't like the methods that the first-grade teachers used, start by doing things their way and slowly in...