Do your kiddos remember their commas? Mine do! (okay, most of the time) I don’t introduce commas by telling the kiddos the rules. Instead, I have them come up with the rules themselves. I give them a Comma Hunt paper and with a partner, they search through books to find three different ways that they see commas being used by…
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Hello Darlings! President’s Day is almost here! Why not throw in a math twist? In third grade we have learned how to convert inches into feet and feet into inches. With this in mind, I ask students how much taller they think President Lincoln was than they are now. To do this we made an anchor chart and did an…
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Math Rotations Explained
I created my own version of math Rotations a few years ago when I just couldn’t meet the needs of all of my students doing whole group instruction. I found that my high kids were bored and not listening, my middle of the road kids were mostly listening (I mean, I was teaching to them!!), and my low kids were…
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Accountable Talk Freebie
Hello darlings! How are student led conversations going in your classrooms? CCSS is really big on students having meaningful conversations about literature. While my kiddo have NO problem talking and talking and talking… they do have a problem RESPONDING to other people’s thoughts and ideas! They will just share something they read or thought and then the other student will…
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Birthday Giveaway and 20% off Sale
Hello Darlings! Tomorrow is my birthday and I want to celebrate with you! In honor of turning 33 (ugh, yay!), I would love to giveaway 3 Emergency Sub Plans Bundles to 3 awesome peeps! There are many ways to enter! I’m also putting my entire store on sale tomorrow for 20% off! Only January 3rd! So stock up on some…
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