Hello darlings! In third grade my kiddos already know word attack strategies such as chunking and stretching out the word. Chunky Monkey and Stretchy Snake come to mind among others. But I tell my kiddos that now that they are in third grade, we aren’t just learning to read, we are READING TO LEARN! Of course I have kiddos reading…
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Hello darlings! We are currently working on Persuasive writing. In third grade, our kiddos are expected to write an introduction with a thesis statement, 3 detailed reason paragraphs, and a conclusion. When we start off, I always model an entire Persuasive piece and we work together as a class. This year my kiddos wanted to persuade the principal to allow…
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Hello darlings! One of my pet peeves is seeing adults still using there, their, and they’re incorrectly. It gives me the heebie jeebies. One of the things I work hard on with my kiddos is knowing the difference between the words and using them correctly the entire year! I downloaded this cute flipbook freebie from Teach With Laughter. I’m going…
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Hello darlings! We’ve been back to school for about two weeks now and we are digging into our Lucy Calkins Narrative Writing Unit for 3rd grade. One of the things my third graders struggle with is writing with strong emotions. They always want to say, “I was scared!” “I was happy.” “It was fun.” blah, blah, blah. I tell them…
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Click here to get this FREE resource! Grab the Poetry cards from The Lesson Plan Diva here. Grab the Spelling Task Cards from Amy Lemons here. Grab the Spelling words from me here Check out Math Games I use here. Check out www.multiplication.com and xtramath.org I hope this resource is helpful to you! Don’t forget to follow me with your…
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