Word Nerds Chapter 6
I’m linking up with Sabra from Teaching with a Touch of Twang for a book study on Word Nerds! I am absolutely LOVING this book and all the amazing ideas for helping our students appreciate words!! Check out the link …
I’m linking up with Sabra from Teaching with a Touch of Twang for a book study on Word Nerds! I am absolutely LOVING this book and all the amazing ideas for helping our students appreciate words!! Check out the link …
So…I’ve been on vacation for 5 days and already I managed to look at my first days of school plans…sick I know! Luckily, as I was reading I remembered an awesome activity that I would do with my class… enter…The …
—there is only 1/2 a day left for students…I have to stay the whole day, but I’m okay with that! On one hand, I’m sad to see this group go, but on the other hand, I’ve been dreaming of vacation …
Now that our state tests are over, I can honestly say that my brain is in vacation mode! I can totally sympathize with the kids and their want to have fun (haha–dare I say that! Fun in school?!?! haha) So …
The end of the year is full of mixed emotions–excitement for the upcoming vacation and apprehension about next year and the years to come (this is especially true if you teach the upper grades!) One of my favorite end-of-the-year read …
I love finding new books to read and purchase for my classroom! My Mentor Text: Ugly Fish by Kara LaReau Ugly Fish is about a fish that is mean to other fish introduced to his tank–he chases them, refuses to share …
Many upper grade bloggers are starting to feel the pressure of the test–me being one of them! (Especially now, since our governor decided to make test scores 20% of our teacher evaluation–which is a whole other can of worms!) In …
My Tried it Tuesday: Partial Quotients Division So…we are in a mad rush to try and teach a lot of the concepts the students need for our state test–division being one of them! With any new concept, I …
At my school, there is a huge push for social studies. At times, I wish my reader’s and writer’s workshops weren’t so content driven. Other times, I’m amazed at the work my students do through the content. Currently, in social …
On a side note… is anyone else teaching multiplicative comparisons? It is a difficult concept for 4th graders–what makes it even harder is the lack of number sense associated with multiplication! I’ve been working backwards in terms of multiplication–teaching common …