I really enjoy using math story books to introduce tricky concepts in my lessons. My students find them engaging and they really help to bring concepts to life and put them into context. Here are three of my favorite math story book I like to use in ... Read More about Math Story Books
Close Reading Strategies
In this blog post I’m going to discuss how I teach close reading strategies in my classroom with a focus on non-fiction. Close reading means to read a text more than once in order to develop a greater understanding of the text. When teaching close ... Read More about Close Reading Strategies
How to Hygge your Classroom
The Hygge Classroom I recently read The Little Book of Hygge - The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking. Denmark is often considered to be one of the happiest countries in the world, with many Danes enjoying high levels of happiness, well-being ... Read More about How to Hygge your Classroom
Top Tips for New Teachers
It's back to school season and teachers up and down the country are returning to the classroom after the summer break. For some of you this may be the first time you have stepped into the classroom with your own students. All that studying and hard ... Read More about Top Tips for New Teachers
10 ways to relax this summer for teachers
Here in the UK school's finally out and the summer is stretching out before us! After all that hard work, it's time to wind down after the end of another busy year. I've put together my top ten methods for teacher relaxation. Each idea is simple to ... Read More about 10 ways to relax this summer for teachers