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Winter Olympics in the Classroom

Winter Olympics in the Classroom

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With the Winter Games just around the corner, I wanted to bring it in the classroom to make reviewing math, STEM and reading comprehension have more flair.   To start off, I had to front load the students with the different types I found this AMAZING ELA and STEM set from Top Floor Teachers that has 14 different reading comprehension… Read More

Ugly Sweater Persuasive Writing & Craft

Ugly Sweater Persuasive Writing & Craft

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I know it is Fall ::settle down:: BUT with Target, Hobby Lobby and  Michaels already pushing Halloween out and bringing Holiday decorations in, I can’t help but think about one of my favorite Winter Writing assignments of all time. Last year, motivating my students be engaged during our writing block in last couple of weeks of December, before break, was… Read More

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  • Figurative Language Flowers - a great Spring Bulletin board and review of figurative language. Students create a flower based on one of the figurative language techniques: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification and alliteration.
  • Equivalent Fractions Bulletin Board
  • GEOMETRY HEAD BANDS GAME! Fancy Geometry ideas for the 3rd-5th grade classrooms! Have your kids engage in geometry in these fun ways! Freebies included!
  • Teaching latitude and longitude - vocabulary, foldable, close reading, and bulletin board resources
  • Multi-Cultural Fairy Tale Comparisons
  • Classroom Managment Tip: V.I.P Boxes for a positive behavior incentive or reward.
  • Coordinate Grid Fun
  • Growth Mindset and Cactus: making classroom goals
  • The Day the Pencils Quit: A fancy idea that solves that pesky pencil problem we all have in our class by having the students creatively write from the perspective of the disgruntled pencil! Modeled after the amazing book, The Day the Crayons Quit
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