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Engaging ALL Students in Math Review

This week was a tough one. The first week back from Winter Break is always tricky for students (and their teachers...haha). Before break I decided to wait until after vacation to give our module 2 math test. I didn’t want to rush it. So, it was Monday afternoon and math was going downhill fast. Everyone was losing focus and I was starting to sweat. You know when you can see it in their eyes that they are zoning out, but you HAVE to get through what you are … [Read more...]

November in the Classroom

We did it! We survived October! This year, I feel like we deserve a medal for just surviving…What a year it has been and we are only just beginning. We are here in Connecticut, and we are currently using the Hybrid model. We have half our kids on M,T and half on TH,F….Wednesday everyone is virtually teaching/learning. The monkey wrench is that we have some kids who are "voluntarily at home learners" and we are trying to meet their … [Read more...]

Safely Checking Out Books in Your Classroom Library During Covid-19

As we start to look toward the start of the school year, there are many unknowns. It’s like a whirlwind of thoughts, worries, and ideas. I decided to take a look at some things that I can control as we move forward. The first thing I wanted to tackle is: The Classroom Library. I want to allow my students to read books because it is vitally important for their growth and development as students. I had to do some research and gather some ideas as to how to … [Read more...]

Simplifying Your Digital Learning Plan

How comfortable are you with "Going Digital?" I thought I was pretty "Techy" when we went to remote learning...but was I? Today I want to share a digital learning option with you that you might not know about. I have no clue what we will be doing when we all start the school year...completely back at school, home, or somewhere in between. I had a great amount of success during remote learning this past spring...why was I successful? I … [Read more...]

Ditching the Reading Logs

"Make sure you do some sort of home reading log," another teacher reminded me as she headed out the door of my room during classroom set up right before my first year of teaching third grade. "We want them reading every night. You can have them write the title, author, page numbers, and a summary of their reading." I did this for years. I adjusted and fine tuned my reading log and I was pretty proud of it....until the end of the week when I constantly had … [Read more...]

The Year Is Coming to A Close…and a Top 10 List

YOU ARE A ROCK STAR!Can you believe it? What a year! The year is coming to a close (or might have closed out for some already). I don't know about you, but I am SO READY for summer! It has been a year to remember for sure! I loved having the chance to try something new...in a trial by fire kind of way...but I am happy to take a nice long break! I quickly jotted down this Top 10 List! I would love to hear if you can relate! The Top 10 Things I Won't … [Read more...]