Wow! Over the last month my 4th graders have participated in many exciting technology projects. International Dot Day My 4th grade class and a 1st grade class celebrat- ed “International Dot Day” together on Friday, September 16. This is a global celebration of ...
Students in 4th grade are expected to draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support their analysis, reflection and research. This is where the Assess Your Response strategy comes in. This is a strategy I practice with students weekly. The ...
Close Reading is a strategy I begin practicing in my classroom at the beginning of the year and continue to practice with students with every text we read. Close Reading allows students to gain a deeper understanding of the text in order to extract details and most importantly ...
Have you heard of Kwik Stix? They look just like glue sticks, right? But they're not! They are solid tempera paint sticks that dry in 90 seconds. My boys used them to make Father's Day cards and loved them, especially my 2 year old. They were very easy for ...
What are we going to do today? This is the usual daily question I get from my boys during the summer. Well, do I have a surprise for them. Today we are going on a Sno-ball Hoppin' Adventure. I googled the top sno-ball stands in the New Orleans area and saved them to google maps. ...
When the end of the year begins approaching, the students always become anxious for summer. State Testing is over and grades are in for the final report card and basically school is over, but there's still a week left of school and some sort of structure must still be maintained. ...
State Testing is soon approaching for my 5th graders, so we are buckling down and preparing for the upcoming tests. This week our focus was on point of view and writing in response to a text about the different viewpoints of the characters and how their point of view influences ...
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