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Whew! It’s been a busy week, I just *HAVE* to share all the measurement fun we’ve had these past few weeks! Last week, I shared how we worked through understanding capacity like scientists. Then, we were ready to move on to mass! Measuring Mass: Building Background To start, we discussed the units of measurement scientists use to measure the mass,… Read More
For the most part, third grade has been a HUGE learning experience. I often find myself having to “study up” on concepts before I teach them, especially in math. #teacherproblems. But when I saw that capacity was taught in MY third-grade curriculum, I jumped for joy! YEAH! Something I was used to teaching! Capacity (and actually ALL things measurement for that… Read More
This was our first week back from break! I had totally forgot how exhausting teaching can be. I tried to keep this week open for review, but still hit some of those harder skills (cuz we’re in 3rd now) I thought it’d be fun to do a little unit on Penguins! We started with a with a KWL interactive anchor… Read More
Do you have High Stakes Testing in your state? Yeah… it makes me shutter too… #teacherproblems My kiddos just finished our SAT-10 testing a few weeks ago and now its the big kids’ turn to take FCAT. FCAT testing means quiet campus, and quiet campus means- at least for this teacher and her students- absolute torture! Do you know how… Read More
I’d thought it’d be fun to do a “Throw Back” beautiful Thursday afternoon! This week we’re working through my Space Unit using, “The Moon” as our close read. Here’s a peek at what we did this time last year! Original Post date: 4/13/13 Whew! I’ve officially finished another week as a working mommy and guys- let me tell you… I… Read More
Well, I am proud to say I survived my first week of school! I am now officially into my second week and we are having a blast! I just wanted to drop by and share with you how I completely overhauled my classroom library. Over the summer, I shared my dirty little secret with you… Yeah… my classroom library was… Read More
Did you grab green colored pencils (or pens) to have your kids SNOTS this year? theappliciousteacher.com/annotating-text-using-snots/
As far as I can tell, there are two types of teachers out there...
Are you team #inkjoypens or #flairpens
comment with your favorite pen! @papermate
#teacherlife #teachersloveflairpens #teach #teacherprobs #iteach #secondgradetribe #secondisthebest #igteacher
Have you guys seen this brain book? What a great way to teach growth mindset! Af link: amzn.to/2nMUMtS
