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…
Every year we teach the Iditarod to our students. They LOVE it! It is so much fun teaching them something they have never heard about, their engagement is so high! On the first day, I decorate the classroom in lots of snow! I buy cheap snow packs when they go on sale after Christmas….
We LOVE Polar Express Day in our classroom. Even in upper elementary you can take this week and engage your students in rigorous content! Â Setting Up for the Week You don’t have to decorate your classroom to make this week memorable, but it doesn’t hurt! First, I set up a train in my classroom….
This is the easiest Christmas Tree you will ever make! All you have to do is give your students one square green piece of paper. Make sure it is square! 12 x 12 would be best! Then, they fold in half and cut until they have 4 triangles! When they are one they glue the…
For the longest time I struggled with how to make sure that I had meaningful interventions in my classroom. I wanted them to be organized and I wanted them to be purposeful. Now, I feel like I am an intervention pro! I get through 10 students with 10 different interventions and I feel like I…
Tracking goals has become a huge part of my classroom this year. Students have proven that they are more intrinsically motivated when they set goals for themselves and attempt to reach them. We set goals for everything and so far it has changed the look of my classroom. What is a goal binder? A goal…
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