Enlightening Young Engineers
My most frequently asked question in emails and blog posts is how to start, schedule, and manage an elementary Makerspace. I’ve had a Maker area for K-2nd Grade in my classroom for the past five years, and for almost two years, my room has served as a full blown Makerspace for two days per week, serving close to 300 early… Read More
This year, thanks to the fabulous guidance of Kristen from Easy Teaching Tools, I dove in headfirst with a Class Instagram for my Gifted and Talented Kindergartners, first graders, and second graders, and my students and parents are absolutely LOVING it! I started the year managing it myself, but now that we have a small class set of iPad minis,… Read More
Student-led Conferences are one of my FAVORITE ways for my students to take ownership over their learning and progress in the classroom. I have successfully held Student-led Conferences in second and third grade (spring semester) in lieu of traditional Parent Teacher Conferences by using individualized “portfolio style” presentations. There are three essential steps that make Student-led Conferences low prep, stress-free,… Read More
Happy Thursday, teacher friends! Today, I’m sharing with you my top five favorite “magic tricks” for smooth, easy, quick, and engaging transitions in your classroom, guaranteed to keep you from pulling your hair out! A classroom “transition” is defined as any time students are moving from one activity to the next, and very often moving from one location of your… Read More
It’s FINALLY finished and it feels fabulous! Tons of black + brights = one HAPPY classroom! It’s been three long years since I’ve redecorated my classroom or even changed my theme, and I’d truly forgotten how fun (and exhausting) it can be. I moved classrooms, so it was the perfect time to clean out, purge, reorganize and start fresh, and I’m… Read More
My plans are PACKED with spooky STEM over the next 3 week! How about you?!
🎃THIS WEEK - Slime
🎃NEXT WEEK - Bonaparte Falls Apart, Catapults, and The Scarecrow (posting this weekend!)
🎃WEEK OF HALLOWEEN - Creepy Carrots, Room
on the Broom, and Candy Towers!
teachoutsidethebox.com/2019/10/7-spooky-stem-challenges-for-halloween/
This Room on the Broom Storybook STEM
challenge is a wonderful way to explore balance! (Found in October pack)
Our Fall Break has been filled with gorgeous cool weather, lots of sleep-ins, football, and the company of great friends! 🍁🍂💗We’re sad to see it end already but are going into the week feeling relaxed and refreshed. I hope you’ve gotten a chance to relax with your loved ones this weekend too!! I’m working on all the October prep and pulling out our fall STEM Bins task cards to give my kids some new challenges! #stem #stembins #teachoutsidethebox #fallbreak #sundayfunday
Ooey Gooey Slime, October, and Ada Twist go together oh-so-perfectly! 🙌🏼 I always save this challenge for my firsties and we’ve got it in the plans for next week! 💙👩🏽🔬👨🏾🔬(October Storybook STEM) #stem #storybookstem #teachoutsidethebox #adatwistscientist #science #madscientist #iteachfirst bit.ly/storybookstemoctober
