Creepy Carrots by Aaron ReynoldsJasper always helps himself to carrots from Crackenhopper field until one day, the carrots start following him. Jasper sees carrots everywhere and gets to a point where he can't stand it anymore! He decides to build a fence around the field so none of the carrots can get out. Jasper’s plan… Continue reading FAVORITE OCTOBER READ-ALOUDS
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Interactive Read Alouds
An interactive read-aloud is a reading lesson that is focused on one standard and taught through the reading of one book and the guided conversation that students engage in before, during, and after reading. In an interactive read-aloud, the teacher models fluent reading and guides students to apply a comprehension skill to a text that… Continue reading Interactive Read Alouds
VIRTUAL Read Alouds for the First Week of School
This week I thought it might be helpful to round up some books and activities that you can use during the first week or two of school! A lot of the books that I found promote Social Emotional Learning, which I know is a big focus as we return from what has been referred to… Continue reading VIRTUAL Read Alouds for the First Week of School
TEACHING TIP: How To Use Anchor Charts During Distance Learning
If you have been following me on Instagram for a while, you probably know that I LOVE making, using, and displaying anchor charts for my students. As we have been transitioning to virtual learning over the past several months, I've been brainstorming ways that anchor charts can still be used and I've come up with… Continue reading TEACHING TIP: How To Use Anchor Charts During Distance Learning
Summer Reading
Every year at the end of the school year, my students' parents start asking what they can do to continue/review/extend their child's learning throughout the summer months. I usually recommend books at and slightly above each kid's independent reading level and provide the parents with question stems to discuss those books with them. I also… Continue reading Summer Reading
Social Studies
I have gotten a few questions about how I teach/plan/grade Social Studies, so I wanted to answer all of your questions in one place and provide you with some helpful resources in case you are in need! We don't have a specific Social Studies textbook or series that we follow, so I plan my instruction… Continue reading Social Studies
Math Organization
During the school year I posted the picture below of how I organize my math materials on Instagram and I had several people ask to see what's inside the bins & for me to share the labels that I use, so I decided to do a quick post on here to answer all of your… Continue reading Math Organization
Math Workshop
Hi guys!I have been having so much fun teaching math this year and have gotten a few questions about how math workshop works/where to get resources for it, so I wanted to share all about that here today! I'm just going to walk through what my math block looks like on a given day and… Continue reading Math Workshop
The First Week of School
During the first week of school we did a lot of work on routines and procedures, but I wanted the kids to get used to our schedule by doing reading/writing activities during our E/LA block, Math activities during our Math block, and so on. I'm going to break what we did down by subject area… Continue reading The First Week of School
B.O.Y. Parent Communication
Both the Meet the Teacher letter and the Business Cards are editable! You simply have to click and type your information in and it will match the fonts and formatting used in my original forms. Watch the video below to see how it works!Â
Teaching To The Test-Taker 