By Rachel Lynette
Hi! I am Jamie from Not So Wimpy Teacher. I am beyond honored to have the opportunity to be a guest blogger for Rachel Lynette. I love to use guided math and reading groups to teach and differentiate in my classroom. This means that my students need to have independent centers that they complete while I am working with small groups. When other teachers
My name is Lisa Robles, and I am so thankful to guest blog for Rachel Lynette. I had the good fortune of attending her sessions at the Teachers Pay Teachers conference in Vegas, and she was awesome! First, I’m going to get on my soapbox for a second. Technology should never be a babysitter. It should be a tool for creation! Especially with the
Other than their homes, your students probably spend more time in your classroom than anywhere else, so you want to make sure that your classroom also feels like their classroom. Cute decorations are great, but to make students feel at home in their classroom, you may need to add a few more special touches. Don’t worry: It isn’t hard, and the benefits are huge. Both you and
Hi, I’m Cait from Cait’s Cool School. I’m exciting to be guest-posting on Minds in Bloom today! I’m discussing read alouds in your classroom and how you can make the most of them! I don’t know about you, but I love having someone read aloud to me. I will never forget when I was a senior in high school, and my AP English teacher read aloud
Organizing shared research projects can be a daunting endeavor for teachers. The purpose of shared research is to engage students in rigorous, complex text while promoting discussion and collaboration. Presenting informational text within a unit of study helps students explore topics in depth as well as strengthens understanding. I found that students enjoyed become “experts” on topics and were much more motivated to conduct research
Just a quick post to let you all know that I am on Periscope! You can find me on Periscope @ RachelLynette. I will try to do 4-6 broadcasts a week, roughly around 4:00 Pacific/7:00 Eastern. Most of my scopes will be teaching related: tips, strategies, freebies, and fun giveaways too! On Friday nights, I will do something fun and not teacher related because you
Hello, teacher friends! I am SO excited and honored to be serving as a guest blogger for Minds in Bloom! Thank you, Rachel, for allowing me to contribute to one of my all time favorite educational blogs! My name is Brooke Brown from Teaching Outside the Box, and today I’m talking about getting to know your students’ families. Today, I’d like to share one of
I hear it a lot from parents “Jane is reading chapter books.” Yet I know the reality is something different. Jane reads well. She has great fluency. She reads with expression, pauses at each comma, and raises her voice when she sees a question mark at the end of a sentence. However, Jane has trouble recalling with detail the sequence of the story. I remember when I was growing up
I am so thrilled to welcome Alex from Positive Future Youth! You are going to love this post – so many great tips for making your classroom a positive learning environment!! The health and well-being of a student impacts on their ability to learn, stay focused during lessons, make friends, and be happy. As primary school teachers, we recognize this and put practices in place
Minds in Bloom welcomes Lisa from Rigorous Resources by Lisa! She’s writing about some rigorous, essential tips that teachers must take when reversing the summer slide. The National Summer Learning Association estimates that 22% of what is taught during the school year will be lost during the summer. That’s two months of learning, gone! Teachers are forced to spend a lot of time teaching the previous
Hello! My name is Heather from My Life at the Pencil Sharpener, and I am so excited to have the wonderful opportunity Rachel has given me to connect with you today! We have all heard the word “differentiation.” It is a part of our daily lives, our evaluation systems, and for some of us…our nightmares! The word, to some educators, invokes a horrifying feeling that
Minds in Bloom is pleased to welcome Sharon from Classroom in the Middle! Enjoy her post full of ideas for different projects that you can do with your kids during the summer months! One summer, a project of mine was to learn to make pizza dough from scratch. Another summer, it was to learn to use Photoshop. (Years later, that project is still in the
