Hi All! I want to share a fun way that I have my students give each other feedback when they finish a writing piece. Not only do they love it, but it’s easy to do and is a great way to wrap a writing project up. All you need are some sticky notes and your student’s writing. (More pictures at…
Informational writing can be a struggle with lower elementary students, but in this post, I’ll share with you how I was able to help my 2nd graders create detailed and age appropriate informational writing booklets on topics they were comfortable writing about. Watch my Facebook live on this topic here. In February, I blogged about using the Lucy Calkins common…
Hey All! Today’s post is going to be a little random, so bear with me. 🙂 This week in math we were focusing on shapes. We started off with 3D shapes and then went into polygons which ended up being a whole lot of confusing for my kiddos. We use the Envision Math program, and the lesson only called for…
I love the 100th Day of school. It is honestly my favorite day of the year. I love this point in the year because I always look around and realize my classroom seems to be running itself. My students know all of the expectations, they know where everything is, they know how to get things they need, we’ve built a…
This week was the second full week of school, and it was all about the writing this week! Here’s a little funny. <3 Calvin and Hobbes! (SO hope this isn’t how my cuties feel.) I launched writer’s workshop, and my students wrote their first narratives about an awesome day. They did a fantastic job, and they even were able to…