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March Currently

March Currently

March 2, 2015 By fancyfreein4th

March is notoriously a difficult month because it is one of 2 months, during the teaching calendar, where there are NO DAYS OFF!  My class already seems to be in Spring Break Mode… but with starting a new novel and jumping all in on our new Fraction unit, this is an important month that I hope will be a good… Read More

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November Currently!

November Currently!

November 10, 2013 By fancyfreein4th

Happy November! This whole working full time, being a mom of 2 thing is really cutting into my blogging time!  I keep hoping for more time to share my classroom ideas but I need to set time aside to do it rather than just wish that magically it will happen. That being said, I am linking up with Farley from… Read More

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May Currently!

May Currently!

May 4, 2013 By fancyfreein4th

Can you believe it is May already? Today I am linking up with Farley from Oh’Boy 4th Grade and her awesome, monthly linky. Let’s break it down: LISTENING: Since I get my daughter ready Monday- Friday, my husband has weekend duty which means I get to sleep in (until 7:30-gasp-). I can no longer sleep in, I think I lost… Read More

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March Currently

March Currently

March 4, 2013 By fancyfreein4th

It is MARCH! To kick off this fun month, I am linking up with Farley from Oh’ Boy 4th Grade and her  fantabulous Currently linky. Currently I’m Listening to my sweet baby girl coughing. My 20 month old daughter, Penny, is cutting teeth and her teething cold has turned into a full fledge cold-cold.  We left this past Thursday to… Read More

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February Currently

February Currently

February 2, 2013 By fancyfreein4th

Welcome February, one of my favorite months! Today Tonight, I am linking up with Farley from Oh’ Boy 4th Grade and her monthly Currently Linky! Let me break it down: Listening: I love listening to books during my work commute and I just started Matched, by Ally Condie.  Here is the Goodreads summary if you haven’t heard about this Young… Read More

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December Currently!

December Currently!

December 6, 2012 By fancyfreein4th

How is it DECEMBER already? Even though I am 5 days late I am linking up with the Fabulous Farley from Oh Boy’ Fourth Grade and her monthly Currently linky.  Here we go… Listening: So across the street from us is a house that feeds all of the neighborhood stray cats. This means that there is a large group of… 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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We read, we annotated, we celebrated and today we We read, we annotated, we celebrated and today we go on a walking fieldtrip to watch Percy Jackson ⚡️
First open house in a long time! Year 13, and the First open house in a long time! Year 13, and the first one in 6th grade in a long time!
Dress like your fave book character day today, so Dress like your fave book character day today, so me and my motile Gryffindor dressed up. I have loved having him at my school this year. #carpoolbuddy
For Valentine’s Day we went over what blackout p For Valentine’s Day we went over what blackout poetry was and then tried our own using the amazing @amandascgorman poem, The Hill We Climb. Perfect lesson for today! #ilove6thgrade
Spent the day mummifying some chicken legs for mor Spent the day mummifying some chicken legs for more of our Ancient Egypt exploration with @historyfromthemiddle #iteach6th
When in Treegap… If you know you know. #6thgrade When in Treegap… If you know you know. #6thgrade #iteach6th #tuckeverlasting
There’s so much advice I would tell first year- There’s so much advice I would tell first year- teacher-me…. Especially after the last (almost) 2 years of teaching; barely afloat. This year is so hard. I have to stop regularly and tell my student teacher, “it’s never been like this”. But to my core, it’s always been- children first, relationships first, or nothing else matters. Though this year is tough in new ways, there’s still much hope and laughter each day. Thanks @eveleon26 for reminding me of my first, wonderful year of teaching- so I can bring that energy, excitement each day- no matter the circumstance. For all of my teacher friends out there, I see you- I know it’s hard- and I’m grateful for you. (P.S-it’s almost winter break, you got this!) #tiredteacher #cleareyesfullheartscantlose
Be a goldfish! Happy Halloween 🎃 Be a goldfish! Happy Halloween 🎃
First day today went well. It was so good to be ba First day today went well. It was so good to be back in person.
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