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Can you believe the end of the year is already upon us? I can barely believe it myself! I wanted to share a fun and engaging idea as an alternative to Summer Review packets. I promise your students (And you!) will love making these a summer review bucket! I started using this idea a few years ago when I was… Read More
There comes a time in every teacher’s career where they come to embrace things that make their lives easier… For me… it is task cards! Let me take a moment and discuss that a little further… Why love them so? They are so darn versatile! Need a “read the room” activity because the class is getting squirrelly? Get out those task… Read More
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
One of the biggest questions I get about my Interactive Anchor Charts is whether or not they’re appropriate for kindergarten. I’ve always answered that question with a solid “teacher’s know their students best”. Why? Because I didn’t know better. I hadn’t actually seen or used Interactive Anchor Charts in kindergarten to verify. But now? Now I can say YES! Interactive Anchor… Read More
Can you believe it’s November already? Where has the time gone? Well… I’m still (somehow) surviving Kindergarten, but I wanted to pop in a share one of my favorite books for this time of year! Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy by Lisa Wheeler. If you haven’t had a chance to read this book, you need to seriously RUN to grab it! This… Read More
Getting fifth graders excited about reading any text is hard enough, let alone getting them to annotate as they read, so when I started planning for our summarizing lessons, I knew I had to teach my students how to annotate text using SNOTS. Setting the Stage for SNOTS Before we even started any text markings, we discussed the idea of… Read More
