This week, we are reading “Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest” by Steve Jenkins. 🙂 To dig a little “deeper”, today we used Sticky Note Jot Spots to frame our thinking. Each child was assigned a role prior to rereading the text, and then heterogenous groups were formed for sharing out learning. The kiddos absolutely LOVED this activity, and there were lots… View Post
Okay, this is L-A-T-E. I started working on this file months ago, and then life happened. Most recently, time slipped away from me in the midst of report cards and parent-teacher conferences. Ahem, anyway. 🙂 My kiddos always ask about the 100th Day of School, and as a third grade teacher, I always feel super guilty that we don’t… View Post
I love Sticky Notes. More specifically, I LOVE Post-Its, because let’s face it, the adhesive is worth the extra money. 🙂 I love how versatile they are. I love that you can attach them to books to organize mini-lessons. I love that my kiddos can attach them to books as they read to make their thinking visible and permanent. I… View Post
After I posted about “Rocks in His Head” last week, I received quite a few messages about the craftivity and activities that we did. If you want to read the original post, you can find that HERE! I promised to share the craftivity, and I’m here to deliver! 🙂 I put together a little 36-page supplemental file on rocks… View Post
This week, we read a story called “Wings” from our reading series. This is a story about a young boy named Ikarus who has wings and is repeatedly mistreated by his classmates because he is different. To tie into the theme of the week, we made these little geese. This craftivity was perfect because we were studying irregular plurals and… View Post