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FIve For Friday!

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey! This week was super short… only 2 1/2 days! The kids were very excited all week for Thanksgiving. However, it was rather relaxing having 10 out of 28 kids absent on Wednesday! We had a fun day, reading N.C. Wyeth’s […]

Phases of the Moon with Oreo Cookies

Firstly, happy Thanksgiving! Phew, we made it, teachers! The kids left at 1:35 today, and I promptly left at 1:36 🙂   It was a very easy day. I signed up for the computer lab the entire morning, and my kids typed up their DBQ’s on Google Classroom. Half of my kids were missing today, […]

Once There Was A Tree….. November Bulletin Display

I love creating book-themed bulletin boards. I adore seeing my students’ excitement over the display, and love hearing “OOH did you read that book?” In the spirit of November and Thanksgiving, this month I created a Giving Tree display. I find the illustrations and surface simplicity of this book charming. This display was easy to […]

Five For Friday…. late!

This is my first time doing a Linky Party… so hopefully I am doing this right! Make sure to take a peek at Doodle Bug’s Teaching for some great ideas.  So glad this week was over! The kids were so excited about Halloween this week, so it made for a rather rough week. Fingers crossed […]

Mindmapping

Mindmapping is my new favorite way to review for science and social studies tests! This tool can also easily be used for math and language arts. These graphic organizers connect and organize concepts, so the kids see how their learning fits into a “bigger picture.” The mindmaps in this post are all about our Civics […]

How to implement morphology notebooks in your classroom

Prefix, suffix, and root lesson using morphology notebooks Are you teaching prefixes, suffixes, and roots? I strive for a literacy-rich classroom. Developing morphological-rich awareness is a basic building block for reading comprehension, spelling, and even fluency. If a student can pronounce and know what a “tyrannosaurus rex,” they are more than capable of interpreting a […]