What is Institute Day? All elementary and middle school teachers get a full day of tailored PD. This is a fully-virtual conference with sessions to choose from throughout the day.… Continue reading "Let’s talk March 3rd: ECS Institute Day"
Seesaw blogs are a great way to showcase the work your students are doing in the classroom. By engaging with an authentic audience of their classmates and parents, students are… Continue reading "Showcasing Student Work with the Seesaw Blog!"
If there is one thing we know for sure, it’s that there isn’t enough time in the day to get all the things accomplished that you want to get done.… Continue reading "Save Time with Seesaw Templates"
How many of your students are not keeping up with their Seesaw assignments? How many parents actually know which assignments their student still needs to turn in? Since Seesaw isn’t designed to… Continue reading "Motivational Reward and Progress Charts in Seesaw"
One unique twist on this well liked read aloud activity is to incorporate a mystery reader into your routine. Just like you are missing your students faces, they are missing the faces of all the teachers and staff that they used to see every week. Here is a great way to combine read aloud books, a fun mystery, and the sharing of love.
Holding kids accountable for their reading at home (or even in class) is always a challenge. Kids are getting better and better at “fake reading” and are often unfocused. Even… Continue reading "Supporting Independent Reading with Book Talks"
We wanted to eliminate using multiple worksheets and add depth of knowledge to science and social studies assignments this year. Making templates in Pages is easy to do, so we took… Continue reading "Using Pages Templates with Elementary Students"
Using Seesaw for Performance Checks Seesaw Activities are a great way to assess student growth. The activity template is simple: there is a screenshot of a short reading. The activity… Continue reading "Checking Reading Fluency in Seesaw"
Meaningful small group instruction time is a precious commodity in our classrooms. We turned sight word practice into an independent activity to reclaim some back. Using Seesaw, you can create… Continue reading "Sight Word Independent Practice with the iPad"
A simple improvement you can make to your Seesaw courses is to add a custom logo to the class. The logo appears in the top right and in the class… Continue reading "Create a Class Logo for Seesaw"