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November Currently

November Currently

November 2, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Happy November!!! I am so excited to link up with the Fabtabulous Farley for her monthly Currently link up.  Here goes… Listening:  The Sound of Silence…. literally.  Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Simon and Garfunkel… however, I am soaking in silence after yesterday’s festivities.   To start the day off, my school […]

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Photosynthesis Craftivity

Photosynthesis Craftivity

October 19, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Photo-what-the-sis? Photosynthesis! I LOVE teaching science, especially when I can break it down into hands-on activities that really showcase these big scientific concepts in simple ways. I am excited to share my newest bulletin board and product with you guys! I switch off every month teaching our content block.  Our first month in school, I […]

Filed Under: bulletin board, Featured, life science, photosynthesis, Science, Uncategorized 1 Comment

California Relief Maps

California Relief Maps

October 18, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

The past 2 years I have assigned a California Relief Map project as an at home assignment but with any at home assignment, there is a lot of parent involvement and sometimes too much if you know what I mean.  This year I decided to do the project in class with my students thanks to […]

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October Currently!

October Currently!

October 6, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Can you believe it is October? I can’t… especially because it was 100 degrees here today! YUCK!  You know it is the beginning of the school year when you haven’t blogged in almost a month, you have several paper cuts and you are 5 days late to the fantabulous Farley’s Currently Linky. So here goes… […]

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Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for MATH}

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for MATH}

September 15, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

    Olivia from Liv and Learn asked if I would create Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for Math} and a one of my Instagram followers asked for me to bundle the ELA and Math Collaborative Conversation Sticks- SO, I DID!     These 20 Sentence Stem sticks will provide your students with sentence stems to help them be […]

Filed Under: Collaborative Conversations, ELD, math talk, sentence stems, Uncategorized 6 Comments

Polka Dots, Chevron, and Owls, Oh My: My 2014-2015 Room Reveal and a Pinteresting Giveaway!

Polka Dots, Chevron, and Owls, Oh My: My 2014-2015 Room Reveal and a Pinteresting Giveaway!

September 7, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Happy Sunday all!  I survived my first week of school and in all the Back to School madness I realized that I never shared pictures of my new classroom!  So here goes… Awhile back I mentioned that I was moving to a new school. This picture was taken in June, on my last day of work, […]

Filed Under: bts14, chalkboard, classroom decorations, classroom organization, Classroom Reveal, labels, math center, Uncategorized, whole class journals 8 Comments

Brag Tags for Big Kids

Brag Tags for Big Kids

September 1, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

This summer I was reflecting on my teaching practices and I set some professional goals.  One of them was to highlight the little things that my students do well on.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in everything that occurs in a school day, that I want to make sure to positively reinforce my kiddos […]

Filed Under: brag tags, bts14, motivation, pbis, Uncategorized 4 Comments

Currently SEPTEMBER!

Currently SEPTEMBER!

September 1, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Well folks, it is here… The end of sweet summer.  September marks the Back to School season and I am a mixed bag of emotions.  I am linking up with the ever clever Farley from Oh Boy Fourth Grade to share my September Currently…. Listening:  To beautiful silence…. and crickets.  The babies are asleep, the […]

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Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for ELA}

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for ELA}

August 24, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

Do you want your students to have deeper, and more meaningful conversations? I know that I DO!!! Whether you have English Language Learners OR timid students, Collaborative Conversation Sticks are a great idea. I created this product to help my students master the CCSS for both Speaking & Listening which state that students need to be […]

Filed Under: collaboration, Collaborative Conversations, ELA, popsicles, stems, talking points, Uncategorized 7 Comments

Chalkboard Bulletin Board Bunting Signs

Chalkboard Bulletin Board Bunting Signs

August 21, 2014 By fancyfreein4th

I don’t know about you… but this year I decided that I was tired of using the precut letters from the teacher supply store to label my cute bulletin boards. ESPECIALLY after seeing so many cute bulletin board letters from my teacher blogger friends on instagram. So, late last night (sorry Honey!) I decided to […]

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