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Teacher friends… the leaves are changing, the weather is getting colder and PSLs are back at Starbucks. My favorite season has joyfully returned (and in 2020, where nothing good seems to be happening, that’s a BIG deal!)! So with seasonal love affairs in mind, let’s talk about a fun and easy 2nd grade opinion writing activity that you can do… Read More
Is your classroom full of reluctant writers? Like the kind that just pushes the paper away? Or rush through to finish? Or how about those kids who completely refused to even start? If this sounds like ANY of the students in your classroom… do not worry! You are not the only one with students who are self-proclaimed “writing haters.” But…… Read More
Do you have the whole week of Thanksgiving off, or do you have to teach for a few days? I’ve got this week and one and a half days next week to get through before Thanksgiving break, so I’ve been jam packin’ my days with everything and ANYTHING Thanksgiving! Now, truth be told, Social Studies is like the red headed… Read More
Let’s talk persuasive writing, shall we? To me, this is the hardest type of writing to teach. Why? Simply put… kids aren’t used to defending, convincing or using many of the verbs needed to successfully pen a truly argumentative essay. There just isn’t much real life basis for them. So, to help with this… I turned to using some high… Read More
Can you believe it is *almost* Valentine’s Day????!!! I feel like it was only yesterday that I stepped into my new grade, classroom, and school in August and here we already are on the final countdown to state testing???!?!?!?!? But let’s clear that unpleasant thought from our heads and float to the love that is bubbling up in the 3rd-grade… Read More
Put a fork in me… I’m D.O.N.E! Is teaching always this hard the week before holiday break?! WHEW! We’ve been keeping busy… busy… busy! We’ve finally finished up our Gingerbread unit and wrote a persuasive letter to the Jolly Man himself! First up… our Gingerbread Unit… We started off our unit by reading a classic retelling of , “The Gingerbread… Read More
