Thursday, May 21, 2015

What Day is It?

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I figured that since it's been W-A-Y too long since my last post, a calendar share was a fitting topic for today.  It's no surprise ...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Soft & Warm Reading!

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One of my favorite things to do is curl up with a good book . . . so to encourage my students to do the same, I have pillows and stuffed ani...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Literary Themes

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Here is a set of posters I've made to help students recognize themes.  It includes many recurring literary themes.  I also accompanied e...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Literary Conflict

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It can often be difficult to teach about literary conflicts with elementary students.  I don't just mean "what is Johnny's p...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Character Dress Up Day

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I was the White Witch from the Chronicles of Narnia for this year's Character Dress Up Day! I just thought I would show you all how...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Grades Poster

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Here is a poster I have near my student mailboxes.  It explicitly shows my grading scale.  Also, make note that a "check plus...
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Bookmarks

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Do you ever use a paper cutter to trim projects?  Are you left with tons of strips of colored paper? Put them to use as bookmarks! I ...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

I Need to Use the Bathroom!

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Here is my bathroom sign-out system: This station is near my student tracker board  so that as students sign-out, they can show it on t...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

5th Grade! Now Starring...

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To welcome my new stars in September, here is my beginning of the year bulletin board. The red title was cut with my school's die-c...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Writing Center

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My writing center contains absolutely EVERYTHING my students need for all steps in the writing process.  It is an integral station in our cl...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Keeping Track of the Writing Process

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Here is my writing process number wall: These posters and numbers are hung near my writing center (pens, pencils, dictionaries, prompts...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

How are you getting home?

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In order to keep track of how each student gets home after school, I've made a simple chart and had it laminated.  Once the char...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Gradebook

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Don't waste money on a store-bought gradebook when you can make your own cute gradebook that can be used year after year. This one-...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Hanging Baskets

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This hanging basket is in its third life!  It started as a kitchen tool for holding fruit, then it housed my Beanie Baby collection in eleme...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Deli

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Do your students shout for help across the classroom?  Do they get out of order as they are waiting for help?  Have them take a number! ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

The Best Ball for Tossing Games

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Just plain shower loofahs?  Think again!!!  These are the greatest "balls" to use for classroom tossing games. I use these l...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Common Core ELA Grade 5 Checklists

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STUDENT CHECKLISTS: I created these checklists to keep track of student progress on each of the ELA standards for Common Core.  Th...

Common Core MATH Grade 5 Checklists

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STUDENT CHECKLISTS: I created these checklists to keep track of student progress on each of the MATH standards for Common Core.  These che...
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Class Mascots

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Want a fun way to start the year off as a team?  Vote on a class mascot! Every year, I have the students vote on an animal as our classroo...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Scholastic Book Order

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Here are my materials all ready for my Scholastic book orders: I have a pocket folder (that I got free from one of my first orders) to ...