We are deep into informational writing and my students have already worked their way through one informational piece, start to finish. Sometimes this is where I feel the RESISTANCE. They "don't wanna do another one....." and you can see the annoyance on their face. A few years ago, we decided that we needed to get them hooked into their second writing piece in an authentic way. We decided to pair it with a mini-research project. During our reading block, we … [Read more...]
Fitting It All In: Reading Skills
Reading Skills. There are a LOT of them. Sometimes it seems like when you focus on one skill, your students forget about the other ones! A few years ago we were deep in the throes of MAIN IDEA and Supporting Details. A question popped up about THEME and my class looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language! This was so painful because we had spent weeks on THEME in a previous unit! We need to spiral back to skills many times before they are truly … [Read more...]
Solving Equation Practice: Winter 3D Craft
Happy Sunday! I just wanted to quickly share a new math craft that I plan to put out for my fast finishers in math this week. As I shared here, I have the kids do math rotations during our small group time. Each student is in a group and they have a different task to complete each day while I pull a group to work with. After they complete their work from the "must do" side, they can choose something from the "may do" side (you can grab these slides in our FREE … [Read more...]
Halloween Teacher Costume Fun
Every Monday, we like to ease into the week by doing a "Maker's Monday" activity as morning work. These activities involve being creative and using more than just the reading and math parts of their brains. If you want to read more about Maker's Monday, you can check out a blog post I did on it here. We are always on the look out for fun and easy craft-type activities that dig into the kid's creativity. We came across these really cute activites that have … [Read more...]
October Activities and Resources
I can't believe it is almost October! I just pulled out my October resources to make some copies. Here are a few of my favorite October resources and activities if you want to check them out! These Haunted House Fact Families are a huge hit! My students love them and they make a really cute bulletin board. Students complete the multiplication and division fact families in the windows of the house. Then they color and assemble. If you are looking for addition … [Read more...]
Quick Teacher Hack: Notebooks
So here is a quick teacher tip that I have been using for years and thought you might want to try it! Are you tired of kids flipping pages in their notebooks….flipping….flipping….still unable to find the page that they were working on? Here is a quick and easy hack that works so well in my classroom! Use a piece of ribbon to make a bookmark. At the beginning of the year, I cut a piece of ribbon and tape it into the the back cover. Super simple but it makes a … [Read more...]
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