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I love teaching about space! Maybe it’s growing up in Florida, but there’s just something about learning about what’s beyond that gets me super excited! Space is not in our curriculum (BOO!) but I was able to work it in by using our weekly story, “The Moon”, as a launching point. (Hehe- see what I did there ;)) Here are… Read More
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. Here are a few Crankenstein activities we completed this past week! You can check out this book on Amazon by clicking here or on… Read More
Something amazing happened this year… somewhere between learning how to do multiplication and our weekly close reading sessions… My class became writers. You heard me right… WRITERS! For realsies, folks. Every time I turn around, my kiddos have notebook paper on their desks and they are writing. They’re writing stories, poems, chapter books, information booklets. I can barely contain my… Read More
Can you believe it is November already?! Where has the time gone? I thought I’d pop in today and share our little author study with you this week. I fell in love with Cynthia Rylant’s work about 5 years ago when I was introduced to her “Mr. Putter and Tabby” books through my reading series. I had heard of her… Read More
We rocketed into Space this week and had a blast learning all about the Sun, stars, and planets! What kid doesn’t like completing a few space activities? Haven’t met one yet! I loved teaching about Space with my seconds ( you can read about that here!) , so I knew my Space Pack would be a perfect supplement to our… Read More
OMG! Can you believe July is almost over? Neither can I! I’ve actually already started (slowly be it…) to get ready for Back-School. So as I’m reflecting on the upcoming school year (because that also counts as getting ready in my book!) I started thinking about student writing and how I want to really focus on more than just quick writes…. Read More