Fancy Ideas for the Everyday Classroom
Happy Saturday! I am so honored to be apart of a new collaborative blog geared towards all things 4th grade! Today I posted over at the new I Teach 4th blog about how I motivate my students to read ALL year! I shared about how this past month my class earned almost 1,000 AR points cumulatively! Isn’t that amazing!!!! … Read More
Happy June! I am so excited to link up with Farley for this month’s Currently! Here goes: Listening: We started Friends from the beginning and it is so amazing to relive these episodes! And the fashion!!! Amazing. Loving: My husband and I are in a fancy-schmany supper club with 4 other couples. Each couple hosts once a year and they… Read More
I recently tried out an amazing end of year decimal activity called, Let’s Plan A Vacation, from A Trendy Teacher. The students were given the task to plan a vacation to Florida on a $1,000 budget. The students love.Love.LOVED this activity. Read about it here on Melanie’s blog! It was an amazing outdoor bulletin board, displayed for Open House!… Read More
I love 4th grade! It is my favorite grade out of all the grades I have taught (4th-7th). The only thing I wish I had in 4th grade was the ability to teach Charlotte’s Web. I LOVE this book! I remember it so vividly as a child. I was wrapped up in it. This and Where the Red Fern Grows… Read More
I always like to end the year by reading By the Great Horn Spoon. My class is absolutely LOVING it! They love the language, that it is happening during the Gold Rush and all of the adventure. I decided to create a flip book to zoom in on some story elements while we go travel on this adventure with Jack and Praiseworthy. The… Read More
A month ago, I was late night blogging when all of the sudden I lost my post. I hope this never happens to you! It was G.O.N.E I tried everything I knew to retrieve it and sought out some help from some of my blogging buddies via Facebook. Kim from Joy in Sixth messaged me, trying to help and was super… Read More
