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Best classroom addition I’ve ever made. 🩷 My Best classroom addition I’ve ever made. 🩷 My kids love these little critters SO much! Choose, Sophia, Sam, and Marcus make us so happy and kids were BEYOND thrilled to see them again after summer break. 🐠 🐠 🪼 🪼 Comment below, and I’ll send you the link! 😍
These lessons ALWAYS make my upper grades classroo These lessons ALWAYS make my upper grades classroom lesson plans during the first month (ish) of school. Comment below, and I’ll send you the details! 🩷
💡 🧠 I’ve been pulling riddles from these b 💡 🧠 I’ve been pulling riddles from these books since 2021, and our entire school (even staff) loves them! I post one each week and students and staff spend all week figuring it out. Highly recommend for any classroom! 

🤗 🥰 Drop a comment, and I’ll send you a link.
If you’re not using pictures to introduce litera If you’re not using pictures to introduce literal and inferential observations, back to school (right now!!) is the time to start. 😉 Comment below, and I’ll send you free resources to get started, tons of sample anchor charts, and a link to this resource! 🩷 📸
✨ FREE ✨ Five Days of Fluency Lessons for uppe ✨ FREE ✨ Five Days of Fluency Lessons for upper elementary! 👏 Drop a comment below, and I’ll send you everything you need to explicitly teach students the elements of fluent reading. Includes everything you need and tons of tips for getting started with fluency practice in your classroom. 🩷
🎤 🎧 Listening Comprehension + Reading Skills 🎤 🎧 Listening Comprehension + Reading Skills + Super High Interest format AND topics = 😍😍😍 

🫶 Comment below, and I’ll send you a link to a FREE sample and more info for implementing in your classroom! 

Over the last two years, we’ve worked hard to create these school-specific podcasts and LOVE hearing how engaged kids are while using them! Topics range from sports to history to character development and types of writing, and each set includes recorded podcasts, transcripts, show notes, after show activities, and more! 👏
💡 👓 I got this idea from @heyhopeking years 💡 👓 I got this idea from @heyhopeking years ago, and my glasses have patiently been waiting to be used ever since then. I am SO glad I pulled them out of my closet this year to use them as a back to school activity! My students LOVED creating their All About Me glasses, and I plan to create more character glasses throughout the year for different books we read!

🌟 Comment below, and I’ll send you the link to the glasses we used. 

I borrowed some of our at-home Lego collection and let my students go to town building symbols on the glasses that represented different things about them. We had everything from big mountains, pineapples representing cultural roots in Hawaii, Taylor Swift figurines to display a love of music, and plenty of musical instruments and animals! I LOVED hearing my students stand in front of the class and talk about their creative symbols!

The kids don’t get to keep the glasses so I can use them throughout the year, but we will leave them on display for the next few weeks! If we’d have had more time, I would have had them write a short paragraph and take a picture with their glasses to display. 🩷
💡 Fun Fact: I originally posted the OG GROUPS p 💡 Fun Fact: I originally posted the OG GROUPS poster on my blog over 10 years ago! 💕💕 Comment below, and I’ll send you a one-page printable version for student reference!

Letters on my new board are from @steppintoelementary and so cute and easy to cut and use …. Also, please pay no mind to my wrinkly paper. 🤣
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