Why should you give books to Public School Teachers like me?! Lend or Donate a book for our next D.E.A.R. session!

D.E.A.R. or Drop Everything and Read is a time wherein teachers and pupils set aside other activities and just read. The goal of the D.E.A.R. program is to encourage silent reading wherein students have the freedom to choose the books they will read based on their ability and interest. It is not to sacrifice other

Lesson Ideas to teach Compound Words

(Updated August 5, 2018) Last week, my lesson in English is on Compound Words. Over the weekend, I was thinking of an activity which I can do in class to review the lesson on Monday. I found this free downloadable set of word cards from Teachers Pay Teachers and an idea came up! So, I downloaded and

Lesson Idea: Play the Hangman Game to teach New Vocabulary Words

Over the weekend, I was thinking of another strategy to use in teaching new vocabulary words to my pupils… something that is interesting and fun! Then, I remember when I was still in Elementary, my English teacher used the classic “Hangman” game to teach us new words. So, I decided to try it too. If

Lesson Idea: Beginning Reading Activities

Teaching reading to kids is a complex and challenging task for teachers. There are a lot of strategies one can use to teach reading and it is important to have diverse methods because, in reality, no one strategy fits all. Below are some of the things you can do in class to foster reading. I did

Tower Building: Simple Engineering Challenge for Pupils and Incorporation to English Lesson

Last week, I was transferred to the Grade 4 Level and I was really excited to try new things with them. As you all know, if you are a regular here, one of my advocacies is technology. Right now, I’m also venturing into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Though I was assigned to teach English,

Teachers can be programmers. How?

Hello, everyone! It’s summer and it’s time to take a break from work but I’m still doing a lot of things. In fact, I already plotted my schedule of activities for the entire summer. There’s Summer Reading Camp and the School Research Congress which I will be organizing. One thing’s for sure though. I won’t

Easter Sunday Activities (Egg Hunt and More)

It’s Easter Sunday! And for little children, they look forward to Easter egg activities. There are a lot of Easter egg hunt activities in the malls but these activities tend to be overcrowded and sometimes, expensive. That is why, for this year, I took the time and effort to conduct Easter activities at home. Very

Lesson Idea: Teach Pictographs through a Family Feud Game

The Fourth Grading period is about to end and I know we are all excited for summer (that smells ‘vacation’, right?). But before that happens, let me share to you my last lesson in Math for this quarter and an idea on how to teach the topic. As I was thinking of unique and fun

Download: Alphabetize Worksheet and More

Creating my own worksheets are time-consuming for me so sometimes, I make use of what is available from the internet. It is very easy nowadays since a lot of people are already sharing their resources online (just like this blog!). Though looking for relevant and appropriate worksheets can be challenging sometimes, it really just takes

I teach. YOUTeacH. Reflections from the Bootcamp.

I just attended the 1st National Young Teachers Boot Camp organized by YOUTeacH Philippines last week and I felt so privileged to be part of this 1st network of Filipino young teachers primarily because the application was difficult. There were about 1500+ applications from teachers all over the Philippines and I was blessed enough to