A week ago… was it a week ago… yes… well a week and a half ago… I went to CAMT – a math conference for Texas teachers. I went to a workshop hosted by Box-Cars and One-Eyed Jacks. They have FANT-A-BULOUS ideas for games with dice and cards. Since I am starting at a new school, I […]
There is a linky party going on… and Clutter-Free Classroom is hosting! My school year resolutions: 1) Figure out and implement Math Stations for 6th graders. I have done a lot of training on differentiated instruction and math centers for the middle school room. Hopefully I can make this happen. 2) Use music in the […]
This past school year was just that… Heaven Sent, and don’t get me wrong- I have had wonderful students in the past… I loved them all… but this group, my homeroom and even the other 60 kids I taught, were heaven sent kids. I spent last summer(2010) preparing so much for being a fourth grade […]
I am still new to bucket filling. It is something that I learned through proteacher last summer. If you are not a member to the wonderful site, filled with teachers, for teachers, and tons of ideas about teaching… then you need to go now! Just click on the link, but would you please finish reading […]
Well… it did. That’s what I have been doing all day. I had my books organized by genre last year, and I really liked it. This summer my goal was to find out each book’s DRA level and put it on the book. But then I took a 6th grade position from a 4th grade. […]
I love getting mail! Some email… yes… but real MAIL. The kind someone actually wrote, put a stamp on it and put my name as the address. I LOVE IT, and unfortunately I don’t get much of it… besides bills. I don’t count that as real mail. And who doesn’t love real mail??? During the […]
This week, Hobby Lobby has a LOT of scrapbook items on sale, including paper and stickers!!! I LOVE stickers… can’t have enough! Anyway here is a set up of my craft project that took me about 1.5 hours to do 4 notebooks from start to finish. The composition books are on sale at Staples for […]
This past school year I taught Science and Writing. It was my 3rd year to teach 4th grade science—LOVE IT— and my first year to teach Writing. Yes I know… Science and Writing??? What a weird combo!! But we did a LOT of journaling in Science, so when the writing position became available, I asked […]
Last summer I spent a LOT of time on the computer. Researching…creating…. researching….digging… “borrowing” ideas 😉 One I came across was the concept of a MOOSE binder. A MOOSE binder is a way of helping your students stay organized. There is no reason why they should lose a paper, or not have something if they […]
Farley at Oh Boy! 4th Grade is having a Linky Party for May! Find out what other teachers are doing currently! I love grabbing a sneak peak into other teachers lives:) Here is mine… Oh May… how did you get here so fast??? Wasn’t spring break last week, and Christmas 2 weeks before that?? Good […]