Because I teach at a Christian school, we don’t emphasize Santa. I mean, we talk about him, he’s in a wordsearch or a Christmas Test I’m giving my students (more on that later…), but we don’t make too big of a deal about him. Plus I teach fifth graders, who are “in on the secret.” So in my classroom I…
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Happy Saturday, friends! Sorry I have MIA in the Blogging World lately – this little teacher is trying to juggle everything on her plate with joy 🙂 Today I want to link up with my bud, Joanne, from “Head Over Heels for Teaching” to share a fun idea that really motivated my students this week! We have been working hard…
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Happy Tuesday, friends! Today I’m linking up with my bud, Holly, from Fourth Grade Flipper, for her Tried it Tuesday linky: At the end of each unit in history, we fill in a “Passport Page” to record our journeys. This serves as a review sheet for the upcoming tests and as a record of where we’ve “traveled to” throughout 5th grade. Then…
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This year I’m incorporating a little bit of sign language into our normal classroom routine. I found this idea from Education Oasis and thought it would interesting to try. When a student wants to raise their hand, they raise a sign: That way, I know when I ask “what is 8×5?” I can easily see who: “A” – Has the answer…
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In History, we’ve been discussing Henry Ford and how he revolutionized transportation with the implementation of the assembly line in the creation of his cars. Here’s a video that briefly explains the genius behind the assembly line and how it made cars more economically and efficiently: I decided to put our learning into action by using the assembly line format to make cars…made completely out of…
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