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Teaching students the difference between literal and inferential thinking is one of my must-do lessons of every single school year

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Teaching the Difference Between Literal and Inferential Observations

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Teaching Students To Use Observations to Infer

Using Pictures to Teach Reading Skills isn't a new idea over at Teaching With a Mountain View, but it sure has evolved over the years!

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Using Pictures to Teach Reading Skills Part 2

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Using Pictures to Teach Reading and Writing Skills

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Using Pictures to Teach Key Reading Skills

Figurative language review for similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idioms and more for upper elementary students.

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Figurative Language Review

Upper Elementary point of view teaching ideas, anchor charts, and practice activities. Includes several FREE resources too.

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Teaching Point of View

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Tell Me a Story Tuesday!

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Tell Me a Story Tuesday: Figurative Language

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Tell Me a Story Tuesday

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Literal Vs. Inferential Thinking

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Tell Me a Story Tuesday

I’ve got to share one of my absolute favorite mo

I’ve got to share one of my absolute favorite morning meetings connection activities—it’s super easy to set up and seriously one of the most meaningful things I’ve done with my students. I’ve been doing this for years and LOVE the reflections that come from it. 💕💕
 ✨ I pulled a bunch of picture books and spread them out for students to look through. The twist? They weren’t picking a book to read—they were picking a cover and title that represented them somehow. Maybe how they were feeling, or something about their personality.

The things they shared? I was not ready. I almost cried—not because it was sad, but because their answers were so thoughtful and real. It honestly blew me away.

If you want more ideas for incorporate books into your morning meetings, drop a comment, and I’ll send you some ideas! 💕💕

…and every morning, I say hello to them, too. 😂 ☀️ Honestly, these have been the sweetest additions to my classroom over the years.

Comment below if you’d like links to my little waterfall, perfectly named fish, or my favorite (and only) lamp man I’ve ever had. ❤️

Tomorrow is the 113th anniversary of the loss of t

Tomorrow is the 113th anniversary of the loss of the Titanic. 🚢 Every year, learning about her story is one of my students’ favorite units. Even if you only have half an hour to devote to her story, it’s worth it!

Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to download this FREE Titanic by the Numbers set. ❤️ 🚢

Hiiii 👋 It’s been a while, and I’m popping

Hiiii 👋 It’s been a while, and I’m popping in on this Sunday to remind you that your plans this week don’t have to be elaborate to be engaging!

I’ve used this same set of Equivalent Fractions Task Cards for almost 8 years, and the way I implement them is always different. This year, I threw some point values on the back, and we had an awesome time playing a quiz show style game! Last year, I put them on chart paper and had student teams complete them in a carousel style activity. The year before that, I hung them up around the room to create a scavenger hunt! Total engagement each and every time. ❤️

Love Note Literacy was a HIT today! ❤️💕 We

Love Note Literacy was a HIT today! ❤️💕 We began by reading some funny love notes, annotating them, and picking out different parts of the writing. Then, they set off to write their own letter to hand sanitizer from the perspective of a tissue. We were laughing so hard at the letters, and they were so creative! I’ve been doing this for the last 14 years, and the results are 💖 impeccable 💖 every year! Drop a comment below, and I’ll send the info your way!

Don’t skip this book recommendation because it’s my favorite one I’ve read all school year. 🥹 Comment below, and I’ll send you a link, but here are all the details of the book and the moving activity we did with it: ❤️💕

This sweet book is about a young scientist who creates new plants that help people solve problems…. Until he comes across one person he just can’t seem to help. With a little creativity and a lot of love, he dives headfirst into solving the problem! It’s a ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ book, and my students LOVED it. It’s great for Valentine’s Day, but you can use it any time.

❤️ After we were done reading, I had each student think of a person they know and a problem they could solve for that person. They had five minutes and a jar of play dough to design a plant that would help that person.

❤️💕 The problems/solutions they came up with were more thoughtful than I could have ever dreamed. I was moved to tears by several of them, and I highly recommend taking 15 minutes out of your day next week to do this!

It’s time to refresh our enrichment binders! ❤️

🤔 Why enrichment binders? ✍️ Is this just more busy work?

💥 Absolutely not!! 💥

Comment the word “ENRICH” below, and I’ll send you all the details, and read on for more info. 👇

💡 While everything inside can be used with most students in any classroom, I often use them with my GT or high-achieving students.

🌈 I am a firm believer that students who have mastered material should have DIFFERENT work, not just MORE work.

👉That means when students have shown mastery of a skill, we don’t need to make them do more of the same — Instead, we need to have something MEANINGFUL ready for them that either advances or enriches their learning and thinking!

📝 Combined with differentiated class work and appropriate enrichment programs, the content within enrichment binders is rigorous and meaningful and will challenge and advance them academically while still remaining SUPER engaging.

I update enrichment binders as needed, based on current skills, goals, and needs! Comment below to see what’s in ours right now!

Thank goodness it’s February! 😅💕😍💋

Thank goodness it’s February! 😅💕😍💋

It’s time for my favorite Valentine tradition. ❤️ I’ve been sharing this idea (that I got from my cooperating teacher back when I was student teaching) since 2011, and it never gets old. Comment below, and I’ll send you ALL the details to implement this in your classroom!

Year after year, it truly warms my heart to see the sweet compliments that my students write to one another on their Valentine’s Day Compliment Bags, and NOW I look forward to my feed being full of your compliment bags on Valentine’s Day! ❤️

Comment below to learn more about this, to grab the bags, and to read about where I got this idea! 😘

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