Ideas for teaching low reading groups for maximum effectiveness My stomach tightened a little as I pulled out my small group data sheet. I had been working with a group of some of the lower readers pulled from each class in my grade level. I was taking care of the other teachers’ babies and…
Copy machines…it’s a love/hate relationship… The Men’s Warehouse guy gets it… Yeah, cause I don’t have much else to do anyway…
Fairy tales are old stories told and retold again, but do they deserve a place in a modern language arts curriculum? Besides the fact that the Common Core standards require exposure to fairy tales, there are other reasons why fairy tales should be included in reading instruction. Fairytales spark the imagination – Can you imagine…
I just made this anchor chart for kids who are new to the concept of arrays. Click the picture to download this anchor chart for FREE! I highlighted the main vocabulary kids need to know about arrays. This chart could be projected during a lesson, put up on a math bulletin board, or…
It’s time for another installment of teacher funnies! Nobody likes staff meetings, especially when this happens… I used to get really frustrated about kids that wouldn’t do work for me in class, and then I decided maybe the parents should help shoulder the burden. When you get your class list for a new school year,…
I used this Recipe for a Sentence anchor chart to introduce my 2nd graders to the concept of subject and predicate. To make it a little more “kid-friendly,” we called the subject the naming part of the sentence. It names who or what the sentence is about. The predicate is the telling part of the…
Its the 2nd Monday of the month which means its time for Monday Made It with Fourth Grade Frolics! There is never any lack of projects to work on in my life so I’m excited to share with you what I’ve been up to lately. I love to make greeting cards and recently found a…
What is close reading? If you look around Pinterest at anchor charts about close reading, it gets really overwhelming really fast! It seems like it’s about every reading strategy you’ve ever seen all put together at the same time. How the heck do you craft a lesson around that? It’s time to take the rocket…
If you were in elementary school in the 1980s and 90s like I was, you’ve probably seen your fair share of holiday sweaters on teachers. Kids today shouldn’t miss out on holiday sweaters just because teachers have moved on to more fashionable apparel…haha! So here is some fun contraction practice perfect for the weeks before…
Just in time to help you push through until winter break…teacher funnies!!! Teacher: Joey, do you have your homework today? Joey: No, my mom forgot to put it in my backpack. Love that excuse. We call this “snaggle tooth” in my family: I do love moms who send cutesy (or even just delicious) treats for…