IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for ANCHOR ACTIVITIES!

 

It's about time, teachers, for ANCHOR ACTIVITIES! Also known as warm-ups or bell ringers, once you implement anchor activities in your classroom, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

Like many educators, I use these activities to engage students upon entering the classroom, thereby settling them while I attend to other tasks. My learners are also trained to turn to the anchor activities when they finish ahead of the other students or while waiting for individual help from the instructor. This is why I prefer to call them anchor activities.

Having anchor activities in place gives learners meaningful engagement during transitional or awkward interludes. They provide opportunities to practice multidisciplinary skills. My goal is to challenge my learners without adding to MY workload. Thus, I have created an entire year's worth of brain stimulating pursuits; THINKING CORNER (Free, Vol. 1, Vol. 2). They are all digital and thus, require no preparation. Designed for upper elementary and middle school students, the tasks are intriguing and entertaining. Learners WANT to do them!

Take a peek:

You are invited to try them before you buy them with this FREE set:

Once you fall in love with them, as I'm certain you will, there are 2 sets available in my store:

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for COOL, MINT DECOR!

 

As the temperatures soar this summer, cool off with some chill, new decor for your classroom. This product line of educational decor features a soft, mint green color scheme. Serenity and sophistication will permeate your learning atmosphere.

Opt for the bundle of these products and you will not only get a free attitude poster, but you will save 30%.

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for HINK PINKS, et al.

 

If you are not familiar with Hink Pinks, et al., you are in for a treat. Hink Pinks are brain teasing, critical thinking, word riddles that help students learn to interpret data, make inferences, draw conclusions, and analyze new information. All the while, they are working with vocabulary, synonyms, definitions, parts of speech, syllables, and honing rhymes. What could be better than a fun way to work with Bloom's Taxonomy?

Hinky Pinkies are different from Hink Pinks in one way: the rhyming answer words must be 2 syllables each. Hinkity Pinkities require answers with 3 syllables.

There are lots of ways to use Hink Pinks, et al.

The best thing about Hink Pinks, et al., is that students love them! Mine literally beg to do them.

My love of Hink Pinks, et al., is so great that I have made dozens of units. When you buy by the bundle, you save 30%. Naturally, you can purchase the individual products.

Check out these thematic units:

I even created Hink Pinks and Hinky Pinkies for non-readers:

Try them. You'll love them!

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for FARM RESOURCES!

 

As farmers are returning to their fields to turn the ground from gray to green, it's about time for teachers to focus on farm related resources.

First up is farm-themed math for the lower grades:

Next some primary literacy resources from down on the farm:

And, there's a money saving bundle just for you:

Plant the seeds for learning in your upper grade students with these resources: