Layla Henry- Fancy Free in 4th- Blog
Fancy Ideas for the Everyday Classroom
You all know of my love for all things Erin Condren, and ESPECIALLY their Teacher planners (I talked about it here). I didn’t think that their planner could get even better than the one I used last year- but it did! Not only do I love their stylish designs- check out the one I chose this year: It is the… Read More
I love reviewing figurative language with my students, it adds so much color to their writing and it is a fun way to be creative in the classroom. We always have fun creating our 3d Figurative Language Heart Craftivity as well as reviewing with this wonderful Figurative Language is a Hoot set! This year I wanted to add some fun to… Read More
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
I LOVE October! The weather is changing, Trader Joes is full of pumkinlicious goodies and there are so many fun ways to celebrate in the classroom- keeping it fancy, fun and educational. First of, CANDY CORN! Every year I love finding ways to use this favorite fall candy in the classroom. This year I created a fun Decimal Review Math… Read More
I posted all about my cactus classroom make over, over at Oriental Trading education blog. You can check out the post on their new Learn 365 platform and shop all the looks in the room. Here are some sneak peeks of them! Our new library- printed with super cute water color cactus labels that you can find here. The view… Read More
This year I am teaching 5th grade and six of my #Schenrysclass veterans will be looping with me. So besides redoing my entire room (classroom reveal post coming soon), I also needed to come up with a new first week activity so that my six returning students would be engaged. I fell onto the llama train, because I mean, how… Read More
