I’m sitting here and can’t believe that I’m officially on maternity leave until June. I’m the type of teacher who never misses school. In 4 years of teaching, I missed one day because my sister went into labor and needed me to watch my nephew and another day after Superstorm Sandy. It was the day before Thanksgiving and we originally…
Informational writing can be a struggle with lower elementary students, but in this post, I’ll share with you how I was able to help my 2nd graders create detailed and age appropriate informational writing booklets on topics they were comfortable writing about. Watch my Facebook live on this topic here. In February, I blogged about using the Lucy Calkins common…
I’m linking up with Miss DeCarbo for Wordless Wednesday! (Click the picture below to check out the other wordless posts) Comment below: What is ONE saying/idea you want your students to walk away from your classroom with this year?
Hey All! Today’s post is going to be a little random, so bear with me. 🙂 This week in math we were focusing on shapes. We started off with 3D shapes and then went into polygons which ended up being a whole lot of confusing for my kiddos. We use the Envision Math program, and the lesson only called for…