Thanks everyone! My classroom is huge. It used to be 2 and they took down the foldable walls. One room will be for direct...
Ours is a one-page too. As an elementary teacher, I have to write a one-page plan for all 5 subjects per day - that's 25! Also due the week...
Nice! Is that Mountain Math on the board? I do Mountain Language.....
Very nice!!
I took the plunge and decided to start blogging! I've just posted a Part 1 tour of my classroom. Here's the link to my humble little world:...
I feel your pain! I've toyed with the idea of not giving homework at all because I'm frustrated too! But I don't think that will go over well in...
LOVE this!!! I bought a fish tank and all the supplies for my classroom last year and got reimbursed for all of it!! For aquariums, they allow...
Class Rewards Picnic! Our favorite class reward last year was a picnic lunch outside. I brought a bunch of blankets, hula hoops & frisbees....
Go Math Workstations Go Math! Florida came with some really nice workstation activities. I only used a small portion of them but my students...
I'm also interested. I've been playing around on wordpress with a personal blog to practice for a teaching one.
I love my teacher's lounge! We laugh and share a lot of things - mostly stuff not related to school. At my school too, a lot of informal planning...
This past year I had my 3rd graders make a bar graph of their weekly reading test scores. I made a chart for each unit with a column for the...
Our district switched to GoMath! (Florida) last year. It was a big change from our previous text (Harcourt) but I really liked it. I'll admit...
My kids love "make a mural" (give them a large piece of bb paper), move desk to any location, take shoes off in class, bring in a favorite song...
I use this online one: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ It has different styles....my kids love the bomb one!! :)
I used the brown lunch bags (easier to find!) and die-cut various hearts for the kids to glue on.
Laura Candler's web site has several cute ideas: http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/seasonal.php I've done the Valentine Hearts...
ReadWorks.org I also have trouble finding nonfiction passages. I find this website very useful! http://www.readworks.org/ The passages...
http://exchange.smarttech.com/ Loads of good lessons and easy to search by grade/subject. Enjoy it!!
We have to take down all posters too and I totally agree. It really bugs me that unraavel is not a word. I focus on the parts that make sense for...