It must be fate! We discussed poetry at my Advanced Studies of Literature course tonight, and I found out about some new books! Looking for ways to study the poet’s craft? I’ve included some of my old favorites too! Enjoy! (I’ve intentionally tried to highlight books that aren’t as well known as our Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky books. I … View Post
I created this freebie using Lettering Delights’ Woody What-Nots Graphic Set and some borders from My Grafico! I can’t wait to use them with my kiddos when we start our poetry unit! Feel free to grab a copy to use with your own students!
Today, the kiddos worked on their leprechaun traps from my St. Patrick’s Day Science: Shamrocks and Spuds unit. We will continue working on them tomorrow! They are so… so… so CUTE! Since we’ve been working on engineering, I had my students create leprechaun traps in place of our Whatchamacallit Workshop (although we still did part of that unit as well… View Post
It all started with Emily–sweet little red-haired Emily. She came to school with her “twin” after Christmas, and she ended up in an empty seat after recess. The kids joked that she was a new student. Then, everyone got back to work, and everyone forgot she was there. Now I have two Kierstens and a Taylor in my class too. … View Post
My kiddos have been working on fictional narratives for a little while! Since we’ve been diligently developing round characters through actions, dialogue, and by carefully choosing character traits that can impact the characters positively and negatively, I decided it was time to work on dialogue tags. Some of my little peanuts are a little heavy on the dialogue in general…… View Post