As teachers, we all know about that hum of excitement that hits our classrooms once we flip the calendar to December. No matter how hard we try, conversations are filled with talk of Christmas and students begin to quickly slip into the "I don't want to do work" mode. It is during December that I try to launch interesting and engaging activities to energize my students. These activities often incorporate interdiciplinary skills along … [Read more...]
Narrative Writing: Gooney Bird Greene
At the start of the school year, we focus on narrative writing. We were fortunate enough a few years ago to attend a PD workshop hosted by Nancy Boyles. She was very passionate about writing and she showed us some very simple ways to help our students improve their narrative writing. She introduced us to her writing icons. This week I have been focusing on "Snapshots" and "Gestures" as my students are working on adding details and … [Read more...]
Classroom Tour: Classroom Library
School has started here....I can't believe it! I was able to get my classroom mostly ready a few weeks ago because I was going on vacation with my family. I returned home from vacation on Sunday and hit the ground running on Monday! We had Professional Development days on Monday and Tuesday and the kids started on Wednesday. I have been busy busy, but I wanted to share a few photos of my classroom as it starts to take shape! Here is my … [Read more...]
Author Study: Jack Prelutsky
Our school wanted us to be sure to incorporate more author studies. This coincides with our standards, as we are expected to see if our students are able to draw conclusions and generalize about authors and their works. One trimester I did an author study with Eve Bunting books and another trimester I did an author study with Patricia Polacco. I decided to add a poet to my author studies and settled on Jack Prelutsky! He is a favorite … [Read more...]
Figurative Language Mini Posters
Since they painted our classrooms this summer (a lovely shade of off-white....blah), I am continuing to reprint and laminate all of the things I hang on the walls of my classroom. I have been picking and choosing what I want to keep, what I don't want to hang back up, and what I might want to add. I have already reprinted my baseball behavior system (freebie!), some motivating mini-posters I created, and some math and reading posters. … [Read more...]
Rediscover Nature: Might Make You Think
As a teacher and now a mother, I think that this commercial is vital for EVERYONE to watch. I can't stress how important the messages in this video are. The world is changing and it is seemingly more difficult than ever to avoid overdoing technology when it is so easily accessible. We must work to balance our children's life experiences. People need to nurture and cultivate a love for real world experiences and relationships within … [Read more...]
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