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Lori
I am Lori Wolfe, the teacher behind Fun to Teach. I live in Ashland, Oregon with my husband Sunny. Oh gosh, my Sunny and I have been married longer than we have not been! I love to garden and play around with mass plantings. Gardening is like teaching and every year I get to recreate my garden just like my classroom! It blows my mind, but I have taught for 23+ years. Time really does fly when you are having fun. When I began teaching I was head over heels with bilingual (English and Spanish) 1st and 2nd grades. I graduated to third grade some years later and finally moved to teaching English to English language learners. That is when I found my true calling! ❤️. The creation of this website and my 2 blogs help me keep my educational practices sharp, my resources fresh and the motivation for teaching, dynamic and FUN! I’m so excited to share my love for teaching, resources, and ideas with you.
Elementary Teachers Love ‘Math Curse’!
Why ‘Math Curse‘ by Jon Scieszka Is a Must-Have Book for Your Elementary Classroom Looking for a fun and effective way to bring mathematics to life for your students? This book by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith is…
How to Build K–5 Writing Stamina
Build writing stamina with sentence starters is one of the biggest challenges elementary teachers face. Students often have ideas but struggle to get started—or stop writing after just a sentence or two. Sentence starters can be a powerful tool to…
Place Value Foundations: Skills To Master First
Recently, I watched a small group of students playing an online math game focused on place value. It was one of those colorful, engaging games that moves students through levels as they answer correctly. As I observed, something stood out…
March ESL Lesson Plans for English Learners
March is the perfect time to refresh your classroom with engaging March ESL lesson plans that bring seasonal learning to life. As the saying goes, “make hay while the sun shines” — take advantage of spring themes and hands-on science…
ESL Resources – The TpT Sale You Can’t Miss – February 9th & 10th!
Are you ready to save on the ESL resources you’ve been eyeing for your classroom? Well, you’re in luck! The TPT Sale is just around the corner, on February 9th and 10th. It’s the perfect time to grab all the…
📣 Attention Teachers! Math Sale Time
Ready to save big on the resources you need most and the ones you’ve been eyeing for a while? You are in luck because the Math Sale Time at TpT is happening FEBRUARY 9TH AND 10TH, and it’s the perfect…
Math Vocabulary Cards & Activities
Vocabulary Cards & Activities That Actually Work in Elementary Classrooms If you’ve ever had students who can do the math but get stuck because they don’t understand the math vocabulary, you’re not alone. In elementary classrooms, vocabulary is often the…
How to Teach ESL in February
Simple, Structured Lesson Planning for K–5 English Learners Wondering how to teach ESL in February without spending hours planning or scrambling for engaging materials? February can be a tricky month—students are settling back into routines, energy is low, and English…
Making Multiplication Fact Fluency Practice Consistent and Manageable
We all know that practicing multiplication fact fluency needs to happen consistantly once it’s introduced. Even when students understand what multiplication means, fact recall can lag behind — and that gap starts to affect everything else: word problems, division, fractions,…