Happy Banned Book Week, friends! Are you ready to celebrate and learn??? Well, my 5th grade friends are! Inspired by this library’s photo, I created a display all in our classroom library. One of ...
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Main Idea in 5th Grade
This week in 5th grade, reading has been all about main idea. So, I tried starting our work on main while reading a text about September 11th…and it was fine. I did learn though that my friends needed ...
Remembering 9/11 – A 5th Grade Lesson Plan
Last Thursday, I was conferencing with a student about "I Survived the Attacks on 9/11" As the student was summarizing the book, he said, "Ms. W, it was really crazy. The planes crashed into the World ...
Personalized Bookmarks – Monday Made It
Happy everything, friends! It’s 8 o’clock on a Sunday night, and that means in 90 minutes, I’ll be snoozing. In my new teacher life that is about as late as I can make it! I just wanted to quickly ...
Reflections from a New Teacher
Oh happy day, friends. I have been blessed to be a first-year 5th year teacher for 13 days now, and I reflect SO often –on my students, on my words, on my use of time, on my kiddos, on my ...
Book Report Alternative: Book Blurbs
Hi, friends! Happy, happy Sunday. Well, I had a fantastic week of school. The first day I was like, “Well, this was good, but I’m not in love.” By Friday I was like, “Eeekkk – I can do SO many cool ...
5th Grade Classroom Jobs
Friends, After day two, I am happy to report that I love 5th grade. After day one, I wasn't so sure. Now, I'm pretty positive. In fact, I think it’s quite lovely. I haven’t found my groove yet, but ...
Classroom Subway Art
Hi, friends! Happy Sunday. :) Guess what?? I become a real teacher in 42 hours-ish!!! Last week, Lisa from Fourth and Ten asked if I could make some Comprehension Strategy Posters to match my Genre ...
Kagan, Open House, & Bulletin Boards
Oh, friends. I am tired….and the children have not even arrived – ha! I have been a bad blogger and blog commenter, and I’m sorry. I have been better at the whole Blog Facebooking thing. Hopefully ...
5th Grade Classroom Reveal
Hi, friends! The time has arrived to show you my first home classroom. :) There are still a few things that need to happen before next Tuesday (name tags, team buckets, and iWrite pockets), but the ...
5th Grade Classroom Library
Praise the Lord, Alleluia by and by…I see the light at the end of the room-setting-up tunnel! Yesterday was new-teacher orientation and then, I stayed at school cleaning/organizing/arranging/sorting ...
First Steps: Classroom Library Organization
Happy Thursday, friends! Today is registration at my school and I am super excited to meet some of my kiddos. :) I am fairly certain the 5th grade team thinks I am never going finish organizing ...