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Organizing Your Classroom Library

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Hello darlings!  If you’re a new teacher or just new to third grade, you might be wondering how to organize your classroom library.  Everyone is different but I will tell you what I do in my room. Do You Have Picture Books in 3rd Grade? Yep!  There are soooo many picture books are at levels P-Q but students always think…
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Solar Eclipse Activities for the Elementary Classroom

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Hello darlings!  In case you’ve been living under a rock (and that’s ok), there will be a total Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017 in the U.S.  Some states will experience a partial eclipse, some a total eclipse, and some none at all.  I live outside of St. Louis and we will experince a total eclipse.  We are devoting an…
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All About That Tech: Online State Test Prep

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Hello darlings!  Checkout my blog post at All About 3rd Grade!  I’ve provided five excellent (tried and true) resources for practicing ONLINE for state testing!  You don’t want to miss this!

Reading and Writing as a Researcher

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In third grade, we complete a unit based on Lucy Calkins Readings as Researchers.  We adapted the unit to fit our needs and to make it more engaging with a room transformation.  In this unit, students work in research clubs.  This means they get in groups with students who are interested in the same research topic.  Students must read as…
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Preparing for State Testing… when you’d rather jump off a cliff…

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Hello darlings! Yes, I’m pretty dramatic, I know.  LOL!I think all teachers would agree that state testing is awful.  It doesn’t measure what our students really know and it puts undue strain on our students.  But… there is nothing we can do about it, so I guess it’s just “suck it up buttercup.”  That’s what I tell myself anyway.  And…
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