Monthly Classroom Slides
Monthly classroom slides are a collection of themed teaching slides for organization, transitions, and management of a classroom throughout the day. Each month, we engage students from when they enter…
January Learning and Resources
Let’s jump into a packed post of January learning and resources to make returning to school as fresh as the fallen snow…kidding I live in south Texas. Regardless, I have…
Number Talks for Math Warm-Ups pre-K-5
Number Talks are a powerful way to develop both number sense and computational fluency. There is no prep involved for the teacher, making it a perfect math warm-up for a…
Five Ways to Differentiate During Math Stations
Differentiation is one of the leading concerns and needs for classrooms today. Teachers understand that teaching one math lesson directly to a roomful of students in one sitting does not…
How to Foster Independence During Math Stations
Every teacher struggles with independence during workstations to some degree during the school year. Although fostering independence is a universal pain point for running math workstations, most teachers take this…
Math Fact Fluency Practice
Math fact fluency is the quick and effortless recall of basic math facts. When students achieve automaticity with these facts, they have attained a level of mastery that enables them to retrieve them…
Pumpkin Themed Learning
It’s been a while since I have shared pumpkin-themed learning on the blog. This post will share ready-to-go ideas to make the month of October engaging and memorable. I can…
Apple Ideas Across the Curriculum
Elementary teachers know the impact of a classroom theme. Engagement soars when learning is aligned with a theme. Incorporating all of the subjects multiplies the opportunities for giddy bright-eyed learners…
Resources for Math Workstations K-5
When it comes to math workstations, there are quite a few options out there. Over my 25 years in education, the trends have come in waves, bringing ideas for student…
Grab and Go Grammar for Second Grade
Here at TTT (Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits), we LOVE all-in-one resources that provide multiple solutions to the school day resource challenges. Sometimes though, we just need something specific for a shorter…
Daily Math Meeting
A staple in the primary grades during the morning routine is updating the class calendar. The calendar is just the beginning of our math interactions. This post will focus on…
Math Workstations for Back to School
Back to school math workstations have an important role in the math workshop structure. We want to simultaneously train our students on procedures and routines while also providing meaningful math…
Word Chains for Reading Skills
Word chains are a simple and effective phonemic awareness activity where students sound swap their way through a series of words. Word chains offer practice with blending, segmenting, and phoneme…
Creating Classroom Culture for the New School Year
Both teachers and students experience back-to-school jitters. Thankfully, we can put ourselves and our students at ease by focusing on making an environment where everyone feels cared for and understands…
Writing Stationery All Through The Year
We have recently added a fun new addition to our writing resources and honestly, it’s about time. Why are the simple things sometimes the last to make happen? I have…
Guided Math Professional Development and Resources
We recently surveyed over 150 teachers, academic coaches, and administrators who use Guided Math. This post will share the results of our Guided Math Professional Development and Resources for 2022….
Summer Themed Math, Literacy, and Science Series
Summer-Themed Math, Literacy, and Science Series If you have landed on this Summer-Themed Math, Literacy, and Science Series post, put on your sunglasses because our summer learning just got a…
Summer Themed Math Centers
Whether you teach summer school or you are pushing through the final weeks of school, summer-themed May math centers are here to help! Summer-Themed Math Centers Transport your math stations…
Let’s Have a Math and Literacy Picnic
Math and literacy stations are a staple in my classroom and over the years I have learned how to keep them going all year and to the very last day…
Summer Fun with the Lit Kit
The Lit Kit resource spans grade levels K-4 with a range of standards being taught throughout each month. However, when May and June roll around, it’s time to take the…
Summer Themed Math + Literacy
This post is all about summer-themed math + literacy workstations for Kinder, first, and second grade. These workstations are summer based so you can pull students in with the fun theme. While…
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