Christmas in July
Hello everyone!If you are like me your brain is starting to plan for school! Luckily, Teacher’s Notebook is having a super sale – Christmas in July – to help us all save some money while we plan for the upcoming…
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.
Strategies for Teaching Math to ELLs
Hi everyone, As we all look forward to heading back to the classroom many of us will be preparing to teach second language learners. Teachers want to include the instructional strategies that will increase comprehension in second language learners. Here…
10:10 in Watch Advertisements – Numberphile
Hello everyone!Check out this fun number video!Why do you think the time is always the same in watch ads? Fun food for thought! Let us know how could you use this in your classroom. Happy Teaching,
Fluency or Pronunciation?
Pronunciation accuracy may not be the most important thing for making non-native English speakers easier to understand, but rather it is their fluency, including fewer pauses, restarts and speech rate, according to research from Purdue University. Read more at: …
Hooda Math
Hi everyone,Time to play some math games! Have you been searching for the perfect on line and mobile games? Don’t miss this site! Math Games This site has games that cover geometry, number, logic and more. You can easily…
200 words for went!
Hi everyone, I found a great pin that has 200 words to replace the word ‘went’.I want to make an anchor chart for my class using some of these! Click Here to see the pin! Happy Teaching! Lori
Top 60 Most Common Academic Words
Hi everyone, I came across this list of Academic Words at Vocabulary.com. Click on over and see how the site has tabs for definitions, notes and examples and words only. They also have tabs for practice and spelling bees. …
I Just Barely Made It!
Hi everyone, During the previous year I noticed that a group of my intermediate speakers of English were struggling with the phrases ‘just barely’. They were substituting ‘just hardly’ for it. I put together a one day ELD lesson and…
Text Features Song!
Hi everyone!I am continuing on with my last big language unit for the year; a Compare and Contrast unit using vocabulary from Text Features and Graphical Devices (visual information such as: diagrams, timelines, and flowcharts.) I want to share…
Graphical Devices, Text Features and Nachos!
Hi everyone! Happy May… I can’t believe we are heading into the last weeks of school. My last big language unit for the year is a Compare and Contrast unit using vocabulary from Text Features and Graphical Devices (visual information…