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End of the Year Activities for Upper Elementary
It’s here! It’s here! The end of the year is here! Now, I always vacillate between being terribly sad the year is over and being so excited for a fresh start come August. My first few years teaching, I always…
Measurement and Geometry Activities
Here in Colorado, we have two more months of school before summer break, and as of last week, we have taught ALL of our math standards! Yay! Now it’s on to some collaborative math projects, STEM activities, and enrichment while…
Teaching Quotation Marks and Dialogue
We’ve been busy working on narratives in writing (post about that coming soon!), so it seemed like the perfect time to also throw in some instruction on using dialogue in writing and rules for using quotation marks. We didn’t have…
Fractions and Decimals Project for amazing real-world application
In my last post, I wrote about how I introduced converting decimals and fractions. My students did so well with it and didn’t need too much more practice on it. However, I needed them to show me they could really…
Converting Fractions to Decimals
I’m stopping in quickly (time is so short these days!) to share an anchor chart I made with my students during a lesson about converting fractions and decimals. I debated how to introduce this skill, but I decided to use…
Teaching Division Strategies: The best Anchor Charts and Practice Activities
I’m popping in today to share some teaching division strategies, activities, and anchor charts that have been sitting since December just waiting to be posted. 🙂 Time slips away, doesn’t it? Teaching Division Strategies Anchor Charts We started out our…
The ULTIMATE List of Fraction Activities
Hi There! I don’t know about you, but we are knee deep in our study of fractions. There is so much to learn and so little time to learn it all! I have posted several times about different activities we…
Main Idea Task Cards Activity: Quick and Easy Practice!
I put a little twist on our main idea task cards a few months ago and turned it into a cooperative activity! We loved it, and I can’t believe I forgot to post about it here. Main Idea Task Card…
Writing Summaries
Hi there! I’m popping in today to share with you our method for writing summaries. Just like our topic sentence formats, these ideas came from the fabulous writing curriculum we use called Write Now Right Now. It is the easiest…
The Ultimate List of Holiday Activities for Bigger Kids
Christmas is right around the corner, and most schools only have two weeks of school left. Ten days. YOU CAN DO IT! One of the most popular features on my blog has been my compilations of holiday and seasonal activities….
Teaching Topic Sentences
I am so lucky to be working side-be-side with the creator of an incredible writing program this year, and this topic sentences lesson is one big reason why! She and a former colleague (who I taught 3rd grade with) created…
Teaching Story Elements & A WONDER Freebie!
Hi there! I hope the beginning of your year has been a smashing success and that you are getting into the groove of things. Today I’m sharing some of my favorite activities for teaching story elements, particularly in grades 3+!…
