Welcome! I’m Teach-A-Roo!
I help primary teachers like you marry standards with engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experiences for all learners. I have been teaching and mentoring in a Title I, K-8 setting for almost 30 years. I am a literacy and STEAM enthusiast and try to bring art, music, storytelling, and science together in meaningful, standards-based lessons in my real-life first grade classroom.
Using Restaurant Supplies in the Classroom
I'm so excited for another month of Bright Ideas, and this month's linky party is a great one! Back in the day, I taught Home Economics for 4 years. We would organize a mock restaurant for the teachers each year where the kids would apply for jobs, cook the food, make...
Easter Bunny Craft Freebies!
I am digging through the way back files again and found the pattern for this cute bunny craft. I love this because you use plastic spoons to make the eyes and teeth. The kids loved making them, and no two were alike.We started with a lesson on how characters change...
Classroom Job Wheel- Putting Kids to Work
Woo Hoo! It is another Bright Ideas Link-A-Roo! I have blogged a bit about my job wheel a few years ago, but I thought it was worth another share. I LOVE my job wheel! I got this idea from my mentor teacher a mere 21 years ago during my student teaching. I have...
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