Area Tic-Tac-Toe Giveaway Winners!
It is time to announce the THREE winners for the Area Tic-Tac-Toe game! And a drum roll...... The winners are... Thomasgoksu96! Jen! and.......4th and Fabulous! Congratulations to the winners! I have emailed Jen and Thomasgoksu96! [...]
Upper Elementary Linky Party
Lorraine over at Fabulous Fourth Grade Frogs had a great idea to create a linky party for 3-5th grade blogs! I know that sometimes it is hard to find blogs for the upper grades, but there [...]
Area Tic-Tac-Toe Giveaway!
I have just finished my latest tic-tac-toe game. I created Area Tic-Tac-Toe. This is a partner math game that gives students practice solving word problems involving area and also finding the area of rectangles and squares. [...]
Organizing Writing
This year my students are having a VERY hard time organizing their writing. Most students are familiar with story structure when writing a fiction or realistic fiction story. However, when students write to persuade or [...]
Preparing for the “Big Test:” Getting Kids Pumped Up!
In my last post I wrote about how we review and get students prepared for the test. Today I will write about how we calm students and get the students to feel like they can [...]
Preparing for the Test Part One: Review
March is that crazy time of the year for us. We take our high stakes, standardized test in the beginning of April (the week after Spring Break). In Georgia we take the CRCT. Third graders [...]
Guided Math: Planning for Small Groups
I have tried a million different ways to plan for math groups. This year we have a parapro in the room which is WONDERFUL, but that means I also have to plan for her. I [...]
Sub Binder
I am so lucky. My co-teacher and I joke about the benefits of co-teaching. I may have a million extra meetings, BUT if I need a sub, I have nothing to worry about! And it [...]
WhooHoo! An Award!
Yay! I am so touched! Mor over at A Teacher's Treasure, Molly at Lessons With Laughter and Heather at Beg, Borrow, and Teach! were so sweet and thoughtful and gave me an award! Eek! The rules for [...]