Inferring Character Traits & Feelings with Illustrated Word Banks
Analyzing character traits and feelings is one of my favorite skills to teach. Every year I seem to put a little more emphasis on this skill, as it really is a huge part of...
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I cut down the time I spent planning and built a minilesson library!
I was spending a lot of time planning and prepping for reading lessons, especially the first few days of a new skill. We typically focus on one reading skill a week which meant my...
65 Picture Book Companions to Step Up Your Read Alouds and Save You Time
I don’t know about you, but in my 11 years of teaching, I have had quite a few days where I run around nonstop all day, just to wonder on the drive home if...
Build Classroom Community with these No Prep Morning Meeting (or any time) Slides!
If you’ve found your way here, you probably love morning meeting. Maybe you’re new to it and looking for ideas or maybe you’ve done it forever and are always looking for new activities....
10 Things I Do as My Grade Level Team Lead
I’ve spent 7 of my 11 years teaching as a team lead for my grade level. Over the years I’ve made life-long friendships with some of my teammates as well as endured the type...
Poetry Month in 15 Minutes a Day
I admit, I have never been one to go all out for National Poetry Month in April. I enjoy reading poems with my class and poetry books definitely get their rotation in my monthly...
Standards Based Portfolios in My Classroom
Welcome to my blog! I wanted to return with an update on how our standards-based portfolios are going. If you missed my initial post about this, you can check it out here. First some...
Test Prep World Trip
Well, it’s almost that time again…test-prep season. Every year when pacing runs out and we enter our review/prep period before the state test, I like to switch things up for my 3rd grade readers....
Read Alouds for the First Week of School
My number one goal for the first week back to school is building a community with my students. I believe that community is created through shared experiences. One of the ways I create shared...
First Week Lesson Ideas: Part 2
Yesterday, I wrote about how I go back to school with a theme a day during the first week. I laid out how easily I implement the “summer” theme into the first day. Today, let’s...
First Day Themed Lesson Ideas: Part 1
I am getting ready to have my 9th first day of school as a third grader teacher! The butterflies, anxiety, and excitement all still show up every year as I prep for the first...
