Today I’m linking up with my bud, Holly, from Fourth Grade Flipper for her “Tried It Tuesday” linky party I’m actually cheating today (sorry Holly!) because this isn’t something that I’ve tried…yet! I’m planning on doing this on the last day of school – but wanted to share it early in case any of you want to try it too!…
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Let’s Learn About BIOMES!
Happy Wednesday! Today I am linking up with my bud, Jivey, from Ideas by Jivey, for her Workshop Wednesday linky: Today’s topic is about implementing science into reading. This is God-timing because this was a post I’d recently prepared and was looking for the best time to publish it 🙂 This is my first year teaching science to fifth graders…
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A Week of St. Patrick’s Day Fun!
Today I want to share some fun activities that we did last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you can use some in your upper elementary classroom – or even with your own kiddos 🙂 We Treasure Our Classmates St. Patrick’s day felt right during our study of adjectives, so I thought this idea (adapted from activity from…
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Parts of Speech Magazine Collage
Happy Tuesday, friends! I am linking up with my bud, Holly, from “Fourth Grade Flipper” for her Tried It Tuesday linky! Last week I began the exciting process of throwing in review for the upcoming Standardized test. We were reviewing the parts of speech and I thought I would change it up a little bit to give the students some…
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Tried It Tuesday: Review Sheets
Hello friends! Today I want to share a quick idea that I started doing with my class this year…REVIEW SHEETS! You may be thinking… “duh, tons of teachers use review sheets!” And yes, you would be correct. Many teachers hand out review sheets before test day so that the kiddos know what to focus on when preparing for the test….
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