Last week was a long week due to Interval testing and Thanksgiving break fast approaching. However, after testing we kept busy with numerous activities. Take a peek at our week! 1. Turkeys in Disguise We started with a persuasive writing to convince our families ...
So happy to be able to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday. Here's a look at our week! 1. On Monday we celebrated Veterans Day by watching a video on "Armed Forces" on Brainpop, and then created an outline of the key points mentioned. Finally, ...
Three years ago I found out about Trucker Buddy through a blog post, and for the past three years my class and I have been buddies and communicating via email with Mr. Eason. Today Mr. Eason visited our class and gave my students an introduction about ...
Last school year, I wrote a grant through Donors Choose requesting a class subscription to Scholastic News and Time for Kids. Well the magazines have been coming in like crazy, that sometime it's hard to keep up with them. However, we've used them in numerous ...
I have been away from my blog for way too long. This is the first time in the last two years since I've started my blog that I haven't posted in at least a month's time. Here's my excuse. My husband and I are expecting baby #4, and our boys are so excited! So needless to say I've ...
A french teacher who found my blog via Pinterest is doing a project this year with her 9-10 year old students on North America. She is looking for US teachers who would be interested in exchanging postcards with her class. If you are interested leave me a comment below with your state and your email address. I'll send her the information, and she'll send you an email in reply with her school address so you can start ...
The last two weeks I've been busy teaching students how to write an opinion paper from a single text. To begin the lesson, I began teaching students how to turn a Weak Statement into a Strong Statement. Here are a few examples: Weak Statement: I love recess. I think we should ...
The day has come and gone for the students and me to return to school. Friday was our first day back and the day was filled with lots of activities, routines, and procedures. Here's an exact breakdown of what the first day entailed. Upon entering the classroom students worked ...
Wow, it's been almost two weeks since my last post! Where has time gone? Well, it has gone to lesson planning, room preparation, and spending as much time as I can with my three boys keeping them busy. Look how great they are! Took them today to Bookoo Bounce (Inflatable Jump ...
It's Monday again and I'm linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics. This Monday I would like to spotlight my bulletin boards that I made for my classroom. Behold the behavior board! I have a little space at the bottom that will hold my classroom jobs. ...
Do your students need reminders? Of course they do, and even us teachers need reminders every day or like me sometimes every hour. That is why this pin caught my attention that was created by Kelly at Kelly's Knack. To match my classroom decor I created ...
Cara at The First Grade Parade is hosting a Favorite Pins Friday linky. Pinterest is definitely one of my everyday go to sites. I have tons of pins 2,176 pins to be exact. You can check them out and follow my many boards here. Here are a few of my favorites ...
Having a classroom website is an essential part of building a home-school connection. That is why I'm linking up with Kristin at iTeach 1:1 to share an idea for managing your classroom website. My classroom website which you can view here is built for my students ...
It was my third day back working in my classroom. I can definitely say I'm making some progress, but still have lots to do. This is the wall on the left of my room. You can see my super improver wall for both of my 4th grade classes. Next is the homework board, which I purchased ...
I'm linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics again for her Monday Made it. I was inspired by a few pins on Pinterest and Julie's library checkout system at Lighting a Fire. You can see from my past post here that I orignally made my stars with a gray chevron. However, ...
I am so honored to receive a nomination for the Liebster Award, which is an nomination given to acknowledge bloggers with fewer than 200 followers, by Susan at Middle School OCD. She had some very kind words to say about me that you can check out on her blog. You will also find out when you head over to her blog what a great educator she is sharing lots of lessons and activities in the middle school classroom. I ...
Before I share two amazing resources that I've found in the past two days, I'd like to share with you what I decided on my teacher desk. I decided to get rid of it and turn it into a tech/ small group station. Thanks to all those who left me comments with suggestions. I truly have ...
A Desk or not a desk? That is the question! The last two years I've been without a desk in my 4th grade classroom. I never really felt a need for a desk since I am always on my feet. The desk also always ended up with stacks of papers piled high. I have been much better organized ...
I can't believe it is almost July! So much to read and do before school begins on August 6th. When do you return? So, of course to start off July, Farley at Oh' Boy Fourth Grade is at it again with her monthly currently. * Listening to my 3 boys run around the ...
I have a freebie for you! A poster to be displayed in your classroom with 11 variations of the WBT (Whole Brain Teaching) Class- Yes! I am participating in the WBT book study and chapter 6's assignment was to create 10-15 variations of the Class-Yes! There were ...
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