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Halloween is just around the corner! This is hands down one of my favorite times of the year to teach! Bats, spiders, pumpkins! They all fit perfectly in the month of October. But, this year I wanted to do something a little bit different. So instead of doing more general Halloween stuff, I thought it’d be fun to learn more… 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
Ok… we’ve all been there. Where you peer out to your classroom and you’re having a via GIPHY Kind of day. This is seriously every teacher’s worse nightmare. What’s a teacher to do? I mean you have what you thought was a pretty good lesson planned, limited supplies, and of course hardly any time to spare! But your student… Read More
When I first started teaching, I knew I wanted my kiddos to engage with text in a meaningful and purposeful way. Not just a worksheet that went with what we were reading… But a real way for my students to share their thoughts, ideas, and opinions as it related to what we were reading. My solution? Reading Response Journals or RRJ… Read More
So let’s dive into the second week of our Arctic Thematic Unit! Didn’t get a chance to read about our first week? Check it out here! So after my students had a solid foundation of how harsh the Arctic climate can be, we began to study different animals that can not only live in this regions, but thrive! The first… Read More
Brr! It’s been cold here in sunny Florida! Nothing like seeing our little sunshine babies all bundled up because it’s 55 degrees outside! To help my seconds get in the “cold” spirit, we started in on an Arctic Thematic Unit. This unit took us a better part of two weeks to get through so I’ve split the post in to… Read More