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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,…
Character Project for ANY Novel!
I mentioned in a this post and this post how we have been just knee deep in character study. We were reading the novel Rules, which my students absolutely loved! After all of our talk about characters, character traits, character…
Smart Eats: More Healthy Snacks and Lunches
Happy Sunday! I’m a little bit late posting this week as it has been a very busy weekend. I had fun with my snacks this week, and the theme turned out to be GREEK YOGURT! I used almost an entire…
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