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Have you ever had this problem while using levelled, non- decodable books during guided reading with your French primary students? Your students are reading along, using their sight word knowledge, and then they get to the end of the sentence. There, they see a huge word that is something that they have probably never said before - like « hippocampe » or « anguille ». A long, complex word they’re just not familiar with yet in French. A word that is full of sounds they don’t know, and they can’t even look at the picture and figure out. Or, maybe you’re like me, and frustrated by the fact that we are basically expected to teach our students to take their eyes off the words, look at the picture and guess instead of reading in the first place! This problem has been driving me crazy for a few years now. So, this year, I decided to create something that would help me solve it! This blog post is all about my brand-new, one-page, no-stapling-required decodable practice books. ...

Today, we will be talking all about one of my favourite June activities - summer math activities and crafts. June is definitely one of the craziest months of the school year! I have had some ridiculous things happen in the month of June throughout my career. Students bouncing off of walls, being REALLY ready to finish school, arguing extra with friends they had previously gotten along with all year… you name it and I have seen it! At the point of writing this post, I have survived 10 Junes as a teacher. I definitely have some resources and ideas to help you get through yours! The most difficult June of my career was definitely when I was seven months pregnant. It was 40°C for many days of that month and the fan provided by my administration just didn’t quite cut it. I was hot, exhausted and emotional, and even though I had a great class that year, the kids were done-zo… Especially in math class! That year, I decided I needed something that would be engaging, low-pr...