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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
The first day of school can be nerve racking! And that’s not just for the teacher. I can say with confidence I’ve survived my first day of 5th grade and I lived to tell about it! New district, new school, new grade level, new classroom. There are so many “new things” happening in this Applicious Teacher’s life I’m surprised I… Read More
Don’t you just love prepped and ready to go centers? Me too… but after a few months, your kids are ready for something new and your centers have seen better days. Well today, I’m here to share with you the secret behind making your centers last all year! And to help illustrate the teacher secrets is the Back-to-School Edition of my… Read More