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 ...
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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 ...
Questions I Will No Longer Answer
As teachers, we are asked 1 zillion questions (approximately) each day, meaning we spend many of our precious minutes answering questions. Now, I am all about those ‘real’ questions that involve ...
Flocabulary in 5th Grade: Rap in the Classroom
Happy, happy Tuesday, friends! Have you ever heard of or used Flocabulary? Flocabulary is a website that hosts a library of Common Core aligned raps for K-12. I learned about Flocabulary through a ...
5th Grade Comma Practice: ‘Eye’ Need a Comma
Oh happy day, friends. We are enjoying a cool, rainy day here in Kentucky. It is the first Sunday in a while where I am breathing deeply and not even considering school. That’s right – it’s Fall ...
Goal Setting in 5th Grade
Happy day, friends! It is the start of Fall Break and I am digging this scarf weather. I slept until 7 AM this morning {woohoo}, and am enjoying some time with my Mama Bear :) As our dear friend Pete ...
Life in Colonial America Stations
So, last week was a week I termed “New Teacher Hazing.” :) For me, NTH means your two cohorts in crime (the other two fifth grade teachers) take 33 of your 5th graders to Williamsburg for 5 days ...