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Have you ever read a book and just thought… “You are perfect! You will be my favorite.” I knew you would understand that feeling! #bookloversunite Well… I had that exact moment with the book, Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. You can check out this book on Amazon by clicking here or on the pic! This book is perfect for this… Read More
Is it just me, or do second graders just not seem to know how to write a complete sentence? I mean, sure, they’ll have a complete thought, but it’s missing the capital letter and the period at the end. Or, there’s only 3 words in their sentence. PLEASE tell me this isn’t only my seconds??? To help combat this… Read More
Do you have a favorite book series you just look forward to sharing with your students year after year? I most certainly do! The “Mr. Putter and Tabby” Series by Cynthia Rylant is seriously one of my favorite series! I love this series so much, I even pushed it into with a little author study I did my thirds last… Read More
Can you believe it is almost the end of the year? Where has the time gone??? Well… things have def not slowed down for this Applicious Teacher! Here’s what we’ve been up to the for the past few weeks! First up… Similes! I’m a huge believer in inspiring students to write using authors’ samples. That’s why I LOVE this book… Read More
Yeah… those two words should NEVER go together, but for some strange reason this is the second year in a row I am discussing the two in the same post because they’re happening at the same time, again! LOL! Let’s first start with our state testing… This year here in sunny Florida, we are working through our first year of… Read More
If you teach in a Common Core (or fake CC state like I do) then you are very familiar with the idea of “responding to text” and “close reads”. These ideas seem to be fixtures on my lesson plans and although we’ve been slowly working on a routine with these two practices, we really didn’t hit a break through with… Read More
