Being back in first grade this year I’ve had to revamp the way I teach grammar and go back to the very introductory steps of teaching these skills. Second graders had some background knowledge on nouns, verbs, etc., but…
One of the skills that we work on in science is making observations. We started off our lesson by watching a Brainpop Jr. video on observations. Then, I told the students that I had a mystery item in my…
So today I am super excited to share with you my room transformation that I did a few weeks ago. For my first room transformation this year I decided to do a football theme. What started out as just…
My last tip for differentiation in Writing Workshop has to do with goals – but this time – student created. Lucy Calkin’s Units of Studies has specific lessons geared towards students coming up with their own goals. There are…
Conferencing with students is one of my favorite parts of Writing Workshop. It allows you a chance to meet with students one-on-one and really look at their writing and hear from them the writer. Today’s tip is how I…
Today’s Writing Workshop Differentiation Tip is about providing your students with strategy cards that go along with the lesson. If you use Lucy Calkin’s Units of Study, each mini-lesson has a main teaching point. Even if you don’t use…
Another easy way to differentiate during Writing Workshop is Anchor Charts. I love using Anchor Charts in the classroom for all subjects…including Writing Workshop. Anchor charts are charts created with the class and left up for them to refer…
Today I’m sharing with you some ways you can differentiate during Writing Workshop using editing checklists. Editing is always a part of the writing process no matter what program you use. To help students through the editing process, I…
Today I’m back to share my fifth tip for differentiating during Writing Workshop. Today’s tip is all about word walls! I currently teach first grade and have also taught second for many years. As we know these ages are…
Today I’m sharing my fourth tip for differentiation during Writing Workshop. The Writing Workshop model is set-up as such – mini-lesson, time to write and confer, mid-workshop interruption, and sharing. The mid-workshop interruption provides another opportunity for differentiation for…