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{Week 4} BTS in a FLASH! Student Engagement

{Week 4} BTS in a FLASH! Student Engagement

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This is the last and final week of our Back to School in a Flash link up and this week we are talking Student Engagement!      I cannot wait to read about how you all engage your kiddos.  Today I am going to share three ways that I engage my students in the areas of first week, classroom management… Read More

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for MATH}

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for MATH}

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    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 active participants in group discussions… Read More

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for ELA}

Collaborative Conversation Sticks {for ELA}

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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 able to: “engage effectively in… Read More

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  • Whole Class Journals: Get your kids writing across all genres for the entire year with my 5 sets of Whole Class Journals. The students will love this weekly activity for center time and it is amazing to see the growth in their writing over the year.
  • 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
  • Fish in a Tree novel study unit resources with lesson plans and quizzes aligned to Common Core!
  • Fancy Geometry ideas for the 3rd-5th grade classrooms! Have your kids engage in geometry in these fun ways! Freebies included!
  • Punctuation Matters: An engaging lesson that goes over the importance of correct punctuation while making your class giggle!
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