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Host a Classroom Book Tasting!
I hosted my very first classroom Book Tasting yesterday, and my students were ALL IN! Book Tastings are a wonderful way to get kids engaged in reading and familiarizing them with a wide variety of genres. As an extra bonus, they…
Classroom Snapshots 2016-2017
Just one more post with classroom snapshots around classroom set up, and then I promise it will be back to my regular content-based blog posts! Now that all of our seating options are in, here are a few pictures to…
Back to School | Classroom | Classroom Management | Classroom Organization | Flexible Seating | Seasonal
First Day of School with Flexible Seating!
Hi there! This will be a quick post since today was the first day of school. I’m exhausted and still have plenty to do to get ready for another busy day tomorrow! I have had so many questions about flexible…
Back to School | Classroom | Classroom Organization | Classroom Pictures | Flexible Seating | Seasonal
A Peek into my {In Progress} Classroom Set Up
As I’ve been working on my classroom, I’ve shared a few pictures here and there of some spots in my classroom. It’s nowhere NEAR done, but several people have asked for source lists as well as labels. Here they are!…
How and When I Teach Reading Skills in Upper Elementary
I am frequently asked to share a scope and sequence for what order I teach reading skills. I’ve always been hesitant to do this because there are so many variables. There are often a few standards that I haven’t specifically…
The best lesson for teaching students to restate the question
Am I the only one who adds “restate the question lessons” to her plans ASAP for the new school year? As. Soon. As. Possible. It’s crucial, and it’s one of those skills that kids tend to resist a little bit…
(Almost) All The Resources You Could Ever Want. Ever.
I get a lot of different requests for new resources, but the requests that I get the most are for BUNDLES! I can’t count the number of times someone has asked me if I have an entire bundle of all…
A New Task Card Organization Solution
Happy summer, teachers! Summer time means organizing, planning, and prepping for the new year! I love that I can work at my own pace and still feel nice and refreshed for the new year. Recently, I received a message from…
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…
