Month: August 2017

Month: August 2017

Classroom editing kit
August 24, 2017 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

In the past year I have been trying to learn about children’s writing and the different processes it involves. I have decided that I really want to focus on the task of editing as a separate task so that the mechanics of writing don’t inhibit young writers. In the video above you will see I

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Dates in the classroom
August 18, 2017 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

I have been setting up my new classroom recently and have moved up into KS2. I want to try and encourage my class to be more independent when it comes to writing the date.  I plan to teach them how the shower date is formed and that the numbers represent the day, then the month,

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