This week my super second graders were hard at work developing their multiplication skills. We were working on repeated addition and arrays. We use EnVision math at my school which is a great program, but I wanted to spend more than one day focusing on arrays since they’ll be using them from now until 5th grade. This week in reading,…
Hi All! I hope you’re having a lovely week! I have to admit that I’ve been a bit of a blogging slacker. My usual goal is to post 2-3 times a week, but with my longer commute this year, some weeks that’s just not happening. Anyway, I wanted to let you take a peek into my classroom to see how…
Hi Friends! I am back with another post about story elements (read about character here and here)! Watch my Facebook Live video about this topic here. This week we were focusing on problem and solution, and my students really seemed to “get” it, so I’m excited to share our anchor charts, book ideas and activities that we used! Here is…
After this past week, my kiddos could certainly answer that question with a big YES! This week we learned what the setting is, what makes up a setting, and why on earth it matters so much! My kiddos rocked it, so I’m here to share what we did. I know that spending an entire week on setting might seem like…
Hi Friends! TGIF! Today’s post will be short and sweet. I made this cute Fall Freebie, and I want to share it with you. I had my kiddos write 3 reasons they love fall and decorate the outside. They did a great job, and it looks adorable hanging up outside of my classroom (if I do say so myself). I…