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Informational Text Structures
I have spent the past week working on Informational Text Structures with my 5th graders. I was shocked to discover that this was almost an entirely new concept for them, so we did several fun little activities to solidify the…
Fraction Operation Review Project!
I have a list a mile long of projects and activities to blog about, but I’m having such a hard time finding…time! The first one I want to share is the mini-fraction operation review project we did for adding, subtracting,…
Informational Text Newspaper or Magazine “Book” Report
Before break, my students turned in their latest independent book report. This was a different kind of book report, though. They have done plenty of non-fiction book reports, so I wanted to shake things up a bit. I created a…
Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Before we left for wonderful winter break (and, oh, how wonderful it was), we spent a week focusing on percentages along with converting fractions, decimals, and percents. Percents seems to be one of those things that students have long heard…
Holiday Gifts for Students
I finally finished my little holiday gifts for my students! Occasionally, people will ask why I feel like I should give them something, but the fact of the matter is that these are “my kids!” I am actually going to…
{EASY} Holiday Food for Bigger Kids
I have big ambitions when it comes to Christmas food and baking. I have ideas out the wazoo (well, okay, I have pinned ideas like crazy), and I used to bake dozens upon dozens of treats for my husband’s corporate…
Christmas Time Is Here!
It always seems like the months before Christmas are such a whirlwind. Add in the fact that my twins turned 2 on Thanksgiving day, and I have no idea where the last 2 months have gone! I have tons of…
Scientific Notation Anchor Chart
Just popping in to share my scientific notation anchor chart! We only spent about a day and a half on this concept, and I feel like pre-teaching about powers of ten and exponents SO MUCH (you can see a post…
This and That!
This post is going to be all over the place! There is a little bit of 6th grade math, a little bit of advanced 3rd grade math, and a limited time freebie for you! I’ll start with the math. On…
Dividing Decimals Anchor Charts
Just a quick post to share my dividing decimals anchor charts. I searched and searched for one already out there (I didn’t want to recreate the wheel last night!), but I couldn’t find ANYTHING! Here is what I came up…
Adding and Subtracting Decimals Activities & Freebies!
I’ve mentioned before that I have the same group of students this year that I had last year, so I am having to recreate the wheel quite a bit this year, as the standards overlap a bit. One of those…
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Setting the Stage for Novels
Since I’ve had the same groups of kids two years in a row, I’m trying to find new and interesting ways to introduce novels and prepare the students for reading. Our next novel is The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,…
