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I love social studies and how it mixes so well with everything that we are doing in ELA!! Right now, we are reading “The Lemonade War”! My kiddos love it and so do I! The best part is that it fits perfectly into our Economics standards! We use this novel study to go through the…
 Teaching theme is often a difficult concept for students to learn. The reason it is so difficult is because theme is objective, many people can see different themes throughout the same story. But that is okay and something I teach my students! As long as you can explain where you see that theme throughout…
In upper elementary you need to focus on reading skills and reading strategies often, but you also want to do fun themed and engaging activities! In October my favorite activity is the Bat Cave Challenge! I’ve loved watching my kiddos face light up when I come running in to the classroom as a bat! Plus,…
We LOVE read aloud in third grade! I love reading aloud just for enjoyment and I also love completing novel studies with my students. So, what is the difference of a plain read aloud and a novel studies? Well, we do a read aloud every single day. For a read aloud I read to the…
Preparing for parent-teacher conferences can be challenging and nerve-wracking for many teachers, but it doesn’t have to be! If you are prepared for each parent-teacher conference and you follow these parent-teacher conference tips, you will do great! Today, I am going to answer 5 commonly asked questions about conferences! What do you prepare before the…
Teaching author’s purpose can be one of the most engaging and entertaining skills that you teach! If you do some great activities for author’s purpose, your students will be engaged the entire time and successful at figuring out what the purpose is that the author is trying to write! In this post, I am going…
I am so glad you’re here! I love helping 3rd-5th grade teachers by providing ideas, engaging resources, and professional development they need. I am a literacy coach who is here to help lessen the workload for teachers while making them more confident! I want students to be continually engaged in a rigorous environment!
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I love this and will definitely be doing this soon!
Thank you, friend! 🙂