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Five for Friday!

Happy Friday!!!!  We just came back from a field trip this afternoon to the Natural History Museum. We had SUCH a great time, I love watching the kiddos get excited about science. Field trips are a fun break from the school day, definitely a breath of fresh air! Our bus driver was hilarious (although at […]

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day! We had a lovely workday tomorrow, where I decided to be festive. In the past I haven’t done much for St. Paddy’s day with my kiddos. My students in the past have been…well… sometimes not into “little kiddish stuff.” Talking about a leprechaun going cray cray in our classroom was […]

Folklore!

In third quarter, one of our focus’ in language arts is folklore. Specifically, differentiating between fairy tales, fables, tall tales, myths, and legends. This is such a FUN unit! I actually didn’t know that all those fell under the “folklore” category until I taught third-grade. Did you learn this in school? Perhaps I just have […]

Edible soil

As I previously said, I am not a fan of teaching soil! My classroom is always covered in mud and dirt from the experiments (ick!). In the past we created soil tubes to demonstrate the layers of soil. However, it was always really hard to get the dirt in tubes, and the soil layers would […]

Let’s talk about SOIL! And interactive notebooks….

I am so excited to share my newest creation with you, my Soil Interactive Notebooks! In third-grade, one of our science units is soil. Ugh. Literally my least favorite subject to teach ever. My room is always covered in dirt and mud for our experiments. Soil, in my very humble opinion, is not just that […]