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March 2012 - Posts
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We are in the middle of writing a persuasive writing piece right now. Using an idea that I borrowed from my amazing teammate Kristi, the students are writing an essay to convince Grungy Grace (of Jack Prelutsky's poem by the same name) to wash up. My Read More...
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Over the years, managing my classroom library has been a struggle. I want to be sure that the students are able to get to the books with ease, can check them out to read at home or in class, AND are held accountable for bringing them back (since we all Read More...
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Spring break is just around the corner for me....which signals crunch time for The TEST. I have been trying to get the kids to engage in their learning, yet teach them the skills they will need to navigate their way through The TEST. One of the skills Read More...
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For years, one of the highlights of my class was the Poem of the Week. Working on fluency, as well as countless oral language standards, the students would memorize a poem each week. Since most of my students each year are primarily English Language Learners, Read More...
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Laura Candler at Corkboard Connections is having a Fantastic Link Up....a Fantastical Foldable Link Up ! Since I use foldables so much in my class, I thought I would create a post dedicated to some of them that I have used in the past. I LOVE foldables. Read More...
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One of the things we are required to do with all work that is placed on bulletin boards is post feedback to the students (well, I know we really should be doing this on all work we assign, but the bulletin board one is a mandate ;) ) Since every board Read More...
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The work we do in class each day doesn't stop because a student is absent. Usually, as the day wears on, it piles up on their desk creating a mound of unfinished work that will need to be completed at some point. In order to *hopefully* tame this mess, Read More...
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We are beginning our study of life science this week. Segueing from physical science, I introduced the concept of cells being the building blocks of life, similar to atoms being the basic chemical make up of everything. We talked about how cells are basically Read More...
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Recess and lunch can sometimes be a time of strife for me. I have had classes before where every.single.time I came back from the short break to a swarm of children just waiting to tell me every little thing that happened on the yard. Seriously, that Read More...
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Kristin at Ladybug Teacher Files is having a joint anchor chart linky party with Ms. M's Blog and I thought that this would be the perfect time to write about my "Productive Student" anchor charts my students and I created in the beginning of the year. Read More...
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The fabulous Lorraine, at Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies , is having an Upper Grade Blog Linky Party. I joined up. Head over to see more blogs from other 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade bloggers. Read More...
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One of the things I love about Calendar Math is how engaging and interactive it is. We don't just sit down and review the answers, rather, the kids are moving, talking, and interacting with the board the entire review. To better illustrate this for you, Read More...
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On our endless pursuit of comprehending text, we have been focusing on fact and opinion (and how they add to the overall main idea of a text). We began by reading an article from Time for Kids (on a side note, TFK is SUCH great, easy to read non-fiction...perfect Read More...
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In celebration of Pi Day, I got my students practicing measurement, multiplication of decimals, and circumference....all using bubbles! Now, let me preface this by saying that learning the circumference of a circle isn't actually a 5th grade standard Read More...
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Top of the morning to you! (or more likely evening....since I know that is when I do *my* blog hopping!) Welcome to Day 13 of the Blog Hop. Welcome to everyone from Sub Hub ...thank you for hopping over! Today, I have a math project for you to use on Read More...
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I don't know about you, but planning for a substitute sometimes seems like more work than if I was just in the room myself. I want to make sure I leave high quality work, which means that explanations need to be left for the routines and procedures, as Read More...
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A Winner The winners of my 400 Follower Giveaway have been chosen!! The Grand Prize winner, of ALL 6 of my paid items in my TpT store is Jodi I chose her last, and didn't get screen shots of the other numbers. Sorry! The next 5 people each get to chose Read More...
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This morning I woke up to a message from Kim at Finding Joy in 6th (please head over and check out her blog....it was one of the first I followed and it really is an inspiration) telling me that I had hit 400 followers. I really can not believe it. When Read More...
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We are studying different "fantastical" genres in class (myths, legends, folktales, fairy tales, tall tales). All of these are along the same lines, but have some unique features that make them different. Explaining these subtleties to 11 year olds is Read More...
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Measurement is one of those strands best taught in a hands-on way. Converting inches to feet, finding the surface area of a solid, discovering perimeter, using cups and liters....all of these things are tricky to grasp when using the textbook alone. Well, Read More...
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I am a big fan of Test Prep all year long (as you can tell from some of my posts !). Engaging the kids in learning the genre of Test Prep is one of my priorities as a teacher. Since they HAVE to take The TEST, I might as well make it intriguing, engaging, Read More...
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Today we were learning how to add and subtract positive and negative numbers. Just the thought of it gives me the shakes ;) So I did a few things to *try* and make it a bit easier for the kids to grasp and thought I would share with you all. We began Read More...
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Did you know that the Oreo cookie is turning 100 years old on March 6? Yeah, I didn't either...until I received a link to Nabisco in my email box (that is what happens when you have toddlers in the house...you sign up for all sorts of random websites Read More...
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Reading comprehension is such a difficult thing to teach. I wrote a guest blog post for The Organized Classroom Blog about how I have tried to help my students use the strategies in a more hands-on way. Please head on over there to check it out! (then Read More...
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