How to Teach Sustainable Development during the Science Month

It’s Science Month, once again! This year’s theme is “Earth Beat: Excavating the Abyss, Pulsing the Current, Steering the Youth as Stewards of Sustainable Development.” I know the theme is kind of deep and because it’s a tradition that we conduct some different school activities and contests to our pupils such as poster making competition, we

Teach Music with a Piano App

When you are an Elementary Public School Teacher in the Philippines, you would know the agony of teaching MAPEH, especially Music. There would be two basic reasons why it’s hard to teach this subject: lack or no content mastery among us teachers and the lack of equipment in schools. The first reason is mostly true

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,

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

Lesson Idea: Following Directions

One of the things that we teach in class, especially for younger pupils like mine, is Following Directions. This is one skill that pupils need to learn in order to do activities effectively in class. What better way to do this? I let them sing and dance! I am so glad that I found a

How to teach Patterns? Use an Interactive Story and Song like this!

How to teach PATTERNS? There are a lot of ways to easily teach patterns and one of which is through storytelling. Earlier, my lesson was on Number Patterns and I adapted a classic story called “The Hungry Caterpillar” and modified it by converting it to something interactive to teach Patterns. Things you will need:  -a green sock