Hi everyone, Im getting ready to teach a unit on personal narrative writing. I was just wondering if you had any good tips & lessons on...
Thanks for all of the ideas. Unfortunately, my classroom is small. I have 28 desks & we're totaly packed in this room. 2 of the walls have...
Hi everyone, I need some advice. I have this child who desperately wants attention...positive or negative. He constantly talks, today he was...
Hi everyone, One of my requirements is to have my kiddos write a newspaper article. I have never had to teach this before. And advice &...
LakeSophie, I teach 4th grade. I think you could do this with any grade. How independent you make it depends on what level you teach....
I also go back on Wed. So, I am doing some review of what I taught the last 2 weeks before break. I'm moving ahead in Social Studies because...
Hi everyone, I have been elected to run the spelling bee this year. The problem I had last year is there is not set list that all teachers use...
Hello everyone, My "fall party" is this Tues. We are not allowed to mention Halloween, portray or do activities that deal with ghosts,...
Hi everyone, I did a search of the forums here & found a few things on homophones/homonyms. But, I'm teaching homographs (spelled the...
Tomorrow will be my last day with my class the way it is. Starting Monday I'll be losing 7 wonderful little ones to a new teacher. Our numbers...
HI everyone, I teach 4th grade in AZ. When I left for summer break each of our 3 4th grades had 32 kiddos. (this past year we had 5 4th grade...
what is thefull web address for learner.org? I got a professional development site when I searched.
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Ooh yes cinaminsweet. The index card box sounds great. I have one laying around w/the dividers. I'll try that. Great idea. :) Tina
Ann2006 thanks for that idea! I use that idea at the end of the year to review what we've learned. But, doing an ABC list for books is great!...
Hello everyone, I was setting up my classroom today & needed to find some letters for a bulletin board heading. Well, I've been teaching for 6...
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone would mind sharing the first week or two of their reading class. I know about all the reading strats &...
I teach 4th grade & I have been teaching with Writer's Workshop for a few years now. I only had 50 minutes this year so it kinda took a backseat...
I didn't see any typos! :) Wow, your room looks great! It is jam packed with wonderful learning areas but doesn't look cluttered. That's a...
Wow! Snow days...we wouldn't know those over in AZ. :) We have "high polution advisories" but we still have school. We jsut have to let students...