Hello darling! Do you need to plan your lessons in Google Slides? Do you have to share your plans with your admins or teammates? This free template is perfect!! It can be edited to fit your needs. You can save it as a PDF and print it or you can open it in Google Drive and save it as a…
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Hello darlings! Do you teach vocabulary to your students? I think this is one thing we are missing in the upper grades and we are doing a disservice to our students. As they move up levels in reading, the thing that I notice that holds my students back the most is the challenging vocabulary they encounter. This of course affects…
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Hello Darlings! I’ve had a lot of questions about how to start Book Club Groups. Here are a few tips to help you get started. Decide on your Book Club groups by reading level. I group them by DRA level. I also use Running Records from The Reading and Writing Project here. Ex. All my 28 M’s might be reading Magic…
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In third grade, we are learning about continents and oceans. As a culminating project, we make duh, duh, duh, da… Pumpkin Globes! It is so fun and my past kiddos always come back and tell me how much they loved it! We send home a little note a few weeks before, asking parents to send in a medium sized pumpkin. I…
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Hello darlings! It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! It’s BACK TO SCHOOL!!! I love meeting my new third graders each year! Yes, I won’t lie, I still love the carefree days of summer, but I also am incredibly passionate about teaching! One thing I am not passionate about however it WRITING out my lesson plans. Ugh! I know…
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