Hi, I have 3 boys: one fourth grader and 2 fifth-graders. For the "end of year" novel unit, I have been thinking of combining their grade-level...
Not all of these are new, but... Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (higher) A Long Way from Chicago (higher) my second grader loves the "Puppy...
Haha, I remember those days, too. I remember drinking my first can of pop at my first grade Valentine's party and feeling sooooo sick the rest of...
Hi, Teacher K, The reason not many people are very quick to share their opinions on this board is that sometimes it seems as though we are being...
I agree with Tulips; more often than not I find my students don't care if they make a mistake. They don't care if they get 4/5 wrong on an...
Yeah, my students have a lot of misconceptions about cultures other than our own (white in a very "white" state) and when they say things I try to...
How terrible for the little girl! When I was in kindergarten it was found I had a mild milk allergy and my mom made it clear to the school I...
I have a 5th grader who still struggles some with rhyming, yet is an excellent reader (gonna get that checked out!). I don't know much (okay,...
I would make sure your "challenge" student is situated close to you or another adult. Like mopar said, document specific instances of his...
Last year I gave a "Valentine's themed" story starter to the kids and had each one add on a sentence. It got really silly but the kids enjoyed it....
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I would love to play music more during class time, but for one I always forget to turn it on (lame excuse) and for another it's distracting to me,...
Hi, It's me that is barely treading water, along with one of my students!:help: I have 2 fifth grade students (and only 2). One excells in math....
Hi, There are many "venting" posts on here that may lead you to believe that many teachers hate their jobs, but I think some of it could be the...
This same question has been burning in my mind today. My fourth grader (I have just one) bombed his math test (imo: 60 percent), but was...
Hi, I teach at a very small school and have one fifth grader who is excelling at math. His classmate, however, is not. I have 3 grades, so...
Later we're going to see how many times we can write our names in 100 seconds. The kids brought 100 items to class and we saw how long the things...
I had my fourth graders (above level) read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH last year, and they were absolutely enthralled with it. We also saw...
On Fridays we sometimes play "Vocabulary Bingo" where I give them a definition and they mark the correct word down. I have also done an action for...
We just did glogs about Mars. The students LOOOOVE the program! My youngest is 8 and the oldest 11 and they were all easily able to make cool...
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