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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
The first week back after Winter break is always a hard one… the kids are not *quite* back in the routine of school, and let’s face it… neither is the teacher! We started the week off with a complete review of all our classroom expectations and procedures. Before break, we were getting a little lax on our classroom policies. Even… Read More
We’ve had such a blast working through our gingerbread unit! It almost makes the weather outside feel like winter. I mean as much as it can with 85 degree weather everyday #flweatherproblems. I love using the different variations of “The Gingerbread Man” to stroll through the standard CCSS RL 2.9 of comparing and contrasting two or more versions of… Read More