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Reading Bulletin Boards for the Year
Hello! I am still here! I had to take a little hiatus and have a big ole shindig for my daughter graduating from high school! I know I know, I... Read More
Weekly Teaching Idea- Prefix, Suffix, Stem
I have been working on a unit because I want to reteach prefixes, suffixes, and stem words next week before our state exam. I introduce them throughout the year and... Read More
Guide Words
Do your students struggle with the concept of finding words on the same page as the guide words? When I have my students write a list of words in ABC... Read More
Poetry Portfolio with Adorable Templates!
New Item:To go along with my popular Poetry Slam product, I created student templates to use for the final copy. I have several ideas for this cute little booklet. It... Read More
Common Core Reading Log for 3rd Quarter
Do you need a new reading log? Half-way through last quarter I got tired (or worn slap out as they say in the south) of my sameo sameo reading log.... Read More
Santa's Similes
I can’t believe Christmas is right around the corner! It is the most exciting time of the year for my little elves and for me! I love the ho ho... Read More
Mystery Book Report- 5 Steps
My kids love mysteries! After my fourth graders picked a good mystery book and read it from cover to cover, we created Mystery Book Reports. Although this is included in... Read More
Nursery Rhyme Mysteries
These were so stinkin fun! I started off by telling my fourth graders they were going to read some Nursery Rhymes and they all looked at me like I was... Read More
Acrostic and BioPoems
I like to start off the year with Acrostic Poems. Then we work on Biopoems. These are so precious! I put these in the front of their writing portfolios. I... Read More
Haiku Poetry
We had so much fun writing Haikus! We read Grandfather’s Journey which is a wonderful biography about a Japanese man who travels back and forth from the US to Japan.... Read More
Poetry Month Ideas!!!!
Since I am on spring break right now, I am not in the classroom. However, I am always searching through amazing ideas from teachers all over the world. EVEN WITH... Read More