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
Tag: 3rd Grade
End of Year Reading Activities: Distance Learning Edition
Next week is the last week of school for students and I have been working on figuring out how to transition the end of school year activities that we normally complete in the classroom to a digital platform. I wanted to share some of the books and activities that I have come up with so… Continue reading End of Year Reading Activities: Distance Learning Edition
Ecosystems & Food Chains
In my county, 3rd graders used to have to take SOLs (end of year standardized tests) in science and social studies, however, they have done away with those tests and replaced them with "performance tasks". The performance tasks are basically interactive projects that require students to apply/demonstrate knowledge from a specific content unit. We did… Continue reading Ecosystems & Food Chains
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
The Week Before Thanksgiving
Whew. What a week this has been! Last week we had a Grade Prep day on Tuesday and then Friday off for Veteran's day, so I had a really hard time coming back for a full 5 day week, but somehow we made it. Next week we only have two days of school! Woohoo!Anyways, I… Continue reading The Week Before Thanksgiving
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
Math Workshop
Hello friends!It has been a super busy summer so far! I'm teaching summer school (reading intervention for grades 3-5) and we just finished up our third of five weeks! Two weeks to go and then I get another two week vacation before heading back to school! I'm starting at a new school in the fall… Continue reading Math Workshop
Blog Makeover Giveaway
Hi Friends!If you have been following me on Instagram, you may already know this, but I am switching grade levels again! I will be teaching all subjects in 3rd Grade at a new school and I am SO excited! My blog also just got a huge makeover, and to celebrate I am doing a little giveaway! Here's… Continue reading Blog Makeover Giveaway
Teaching To The Test-Taker 