In my blog post yesterday, I mentioned creating an iPad icon, so my 5th graders could easily find a website. A few friends asked how I created the icon, so I thought I would share just in case you ...
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NewsELA: BEST Reading Website Ever!
Today I come to you with THE best reading resource I have found since I started in Intermediate Land {and this statement is not even a hyperbole}. Several weeks ago I was perusing Tracee Orman’s 1:1 ...
Nashville Blogger Meetup!
Hi, friends! Yesterday was a super day, and the blogging world became a bit more real. Greg and Elizabeth organized a Nashville Blogger Meetup! It was so wonderful to put faces with blog ...
Literacy Centers for BIG Kids!
Well, 10 days away from Christmas Break {note…I initially wrote this last week and I never finished it…yikes!} and I feel like I have finally hit my reading-teacher groove. After months of training ...
A Day Which Will Live in Infamy {Remembering Pearl Harbor}
5th graders love war...absolutely love it. If I place a war book in front of one of my boys, they'll either (1) fight over it (2) read in 2-3 days and ask for another one. Don't believe be? We have ...
Winter Resources for 1st Grade
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you and your family had the most lovely of Thanksgivings. For me, it was very lovely. One of my uncles married his fiance on Tuesday, so yesterday was an exciting time to ...
Buliding my Plane {Resources I Love}
As a first year teacher, I live about 5 days ahead of my kiddos. Ask me what we will be learning in December? I can definitely tell you {we have a district curriculum map – thank goodness!}. Ask me ...
Figurative Language Mats
We are just beginning our 5th grade journey through figurative language, and I thought I would share an engaging and no-prep activity we did today to focus in on similes and metaphors. I created ...
Anchor Charts, Metronomes, and School Supplies – oh my!
Happy, happy, happy day, friends! I am so glad you are here, and that Friday has arrived. I am ready for my PJs, the blogging world, and reading response letters. :) It’s a good life, isn’t it? ...
SPAM It!
In 5th grade, we SPAM…on the daily. As a writing team, we only teach On Demand. In our district, 5th graders do not write ‘pieces’ (memoirs, personal narratives, poems, etc); rather, we focus on ...
Socrative and Superintendents
Hey, hey, hey! Happy Monday, friends. :) Today I had a surprise visit/observation from the Superintendent {eeekkk!}, and he sent me an AWESOME email later in the day. He had the chance to watch me ...
Let’s Talk About Bullying
When I created our classroom belief statements “Our words have power” and “The responsibility is ours” I could not have predicted how true these statements would be in my classroom. Over the course ...