I am a 3rd grade teacher in the Atlanta area. This will be my *10th* year!! I taught 3rd grade for 4 years, moved to 4th for 3 years and now I’m getting ready for the start of my 3rd year in 3rd grade again. Whew! That’s a LOT of ordinal numbers! 🙂Our school departmentalizes 2nd-5th grades, and I teach Reading and ELA all day. I hope this will be a fun way to share and promote fun ideas for teaching literacy! ... Read More about About
Engaging Earth Day Activities for Big Kids
Earth Day with intermediate students can be so much fun! They are passionate, aware, and ready to do whatever they can to protect our Earth. These activities and ideas will help you integrate Earth Day throughout your week. (Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you make a …
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Start Your Day with Morning Work Students Will Love
For nearly fifteen years, my classroom morning routine consisted of a packet or a worksheet that I wanted my students to complete. At least once I week I would scramble to print something off in my room for the next morning. I would spend hours making my own morning work each week to include the skills I wanted my students…
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Groundhog Day: Books and Activities for the Classroom
Will there be six more weeks of winter, or is spring on its way? Watching Punxatawny Phil make his prediction has always been one of my favorite Groundhog Day classroom traditions. If we’re in school on February 2nd, you can bet my classroom will have a few engaging lessons and student-centered activities to commemorate the day. I also have several Groundhog…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Five Books for Middle-Grade Classrooms
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often part of any teacher’s January classroom studies. We look forward to a long weekend and plan to show a movie or read aloud a book the Friday before that explains why we have the day off. Is that enough? Are we really honoring a civil rights icon by giving him 30 to 45…
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Synonyms and Antonyms: Teaching Texts, Freebies, and MORE!
I’m so excited to share my favorite tricks for teaching synonyms and antonyms with you. I promise when you finish reading, you’ll be loaded with books, resources, AND a synonym and antonym freebie… OR TWO! There are a few affiliate links in this post. That means if you order something through one of these links, I get a commission (at…
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