School and the City

Teaching economics to elementary students is tough. I've been there - and I feel you! I've had to teach "financial literacy" to kindergarteners, then basic economics concepts as a second and third grade teacher. Years of experience has allowed me to learn a lot along the way about how to effective teach economics to elementary students. Invest in Picture Books I love to use my front-facing bookshelf to spotlight books related to our current science or social studies unit. It's a great way to consistently refresh the highlighted books and to give students extra exposure to content. It's great to expose students to a variety of new texts and help them learn those tricky vocabulary words. You can find a list of my favorite picture books for teaching economics in this blog post , or on Amazon . Of course, there's no need to spend your hard-earned money on books for every unit. I love to use the library for this! Integrate Conte...

Did you know that February is Dental Health month?! It's so hard to find time to fit in those health standards, but it makes is easier when you have a reminder, like a whole themed month! I like to try and cover my health standards be integrating health content with other subject areas. It's easy to mix health standards in with RELA standards, but math can be a little trickier. Here are some ideas for you to use in your classroom during Dental Health Month - or whenever - to help you cover those dental health standards. Read all the dental health books. Some of my favorite books to read about teeth / dental health are: The Tooth Book Why Do I Drool? Just Going to the Dentist (because I LOVE Little Critter!) Let's Meet a Dentist Check out this collection of dental health books that I created on Epic! How-To Writing I've always loved to use "how to brush your teeth" as a how-to writing topic when introducing informa...