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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
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
For the past few years, on the first day back from Winter Break, I’ve had my kids work on their own New Year’s Resolutions. This year will be no different. Seconds need to goal set, too! That’s why I love using these easy New Year’s Resolution Tab Book for the students to write their goals in. Now, I don’t… 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
With Patriot’s Day just around the corner, our hearts and minds are turned to those tragic events of September 11th. This is one of those moments in time where everyone remembers exactly where they were when the planes hit the two towers. The feelings are still fresh in our minds and sadden our hearts. But how can you communicate… Read More