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I was lucky to swap products with Laurah at Laurah is an ESOL public school teacher who currently is working with grades 2 and 4. She has a ton of teaching experience with ESOL populations ranging from Kindergarten through …
I was lucky to swap products with Laurah at Laurah is an ESOL public school teacher who currently is working with grades 2 and 4. She has a ton of teaching experience with ESOL populations ranging from Kindergarten through …
I hope everyone is enjoying the vacation–I am definitely lovin’ the relaxing 🙂 I’m so excited to share this resource with you! Teachers College recently released videos of NYC teachers teaching lessons around the Common Core Standards!! The best part …
Beth at Thinking of Teaching is hosting My favorite holiday activities are reading The Nutcracker Ballet by Vladimir Vagin, listening to the music by Tchaikovsky, and watching the ballet with my class. One year, I was so fortunate to …
Our first units of study in reading and writing on the Iroquois and the Algonquians has ended! Now, we move onto explorers! I love that the transition from Native Americans to exploration lends itself to point of view perfectly! To …
So…in my last post I was worried about getting back to routines after Halloween–what I really should have been worried about was Sandy…as in the Hurricane! First, I want to say that I have a new found respect for ANYONE …
With the wrap up of our first units and having two sick kids, my lessons have turned into publishing sessions and review–needless to say, the lack of routines is killing me! I can’t wait to get back to normal…next week–haha! …
So this week, my focus was rounding–to the nearest tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands. I worked on 3 different rounding strategies and was met with blank stares and confusion. The kiddos had the notes and the rules in their …
I don’t know about you…but I love conferencing with kids! I love having conversations about books, math problems, and their newest writing pieces. I gain so much insight into the child, just by sitting and listening! Conferencing is a powerful …
that you can create a cute class website using Google? I know what you’re thinking…there aren’t a lot of templates or fonts to choose from and the parameters are very limiting. A few years ago, those concerns were true because …
So long story short, I’m moving to fourth grade this school year. I have mixed feelings about this, especially because this the group that caused teachers to retire and go on sabbatical. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had tough classes …