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.
Make George Washington’s Wig for President’s Day!
I think anytime you can add a prop or a treasure to a lesson, it makes it so much more concrete for your students. This is one of my "oldie but goody" favorites I dug out from my "archives." (Also known as the thirty some tubs of teaching materials I have...
Don’t be SO Tacky! Teaching Informal and Formal Language
Common Core has made us look at language skills in a different way. One new skill for second grade is teaching formal and informal language. I made some resources to help my students learn this skill using one of my favorite books-Tacky the Penguin.I couldn't think of...
Valentine Task Cards!
I'm so excited to have finally finished this ADORABLE set of math task cards, just in time for Valentine's Day! Valentine's Day makes me feel so mushy and gushy and happy.The bundle contains 5 sets of task cards that can be used for centers, scoot, games, or my class...
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