Layla Henry- Fancy Free in 4th- Blog
Fancy Ideas for the Everyday Classroom
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
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, at my former school. This… Read More
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 frequently. So, I searched Pinterest… Read More
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 husband is hanging out with… Read More
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
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 create my own Chalkboard Bulletin… Read More
