How long do you have to teach your lesson? I think your lesson sounds wonderful, but also like it would take quite a long time to complete. In...
*When I say the child is held accountable for 5th grade level words, I don't mean that the child has these words memorized. Rather, you have...
This is a really good question, and one for which I do not have a perfect solution. What I do know is that if a student is truly working at a...
I teach my students simple sign language/hand signals. One of them is my "I'm ignoring you" sign. Basically, just put your hand in front of your...
I also pair the students up with someone from their group (which ensures they can read each other's words) and they give each other the test at...
I also use Words Their Way and highly recommend it. The nice thing is that you can buy the curriculum and supplements on amazon and they are...
I'm looking for a great read-aloud about the following topics: Native American life (in a historical context, before settlers arrived) the...
Well, this still IS a venn diagram, but maybe you could try making it more fun by changing the type of venn. For example, I tape 2 hula hoops...
We had a lot of destruction of property this year in my room. As we collected textbooks to turn in at the end of school, I found that kids had...
p.s. If you want to get one started at your school, I would alleviate teacher's fears by just doing it for a very short time, not all day! :)...
Actually, it was my idea to do the step up day. We've done them at my previous school and I asked the principal. He said yes, if I planned it....
Our school is doing a step-up day where we meet kids that will be in our class the following academic year. (For example, I teach 4th so the 3rd...
Yes, I did finish the program and get my degree! It wasn't too time-consuming. I completed it in 14 months. You take one class at a time and...
I remember something I loved from a fall carnival that our school used to do when I was a young'in. Rig up some kind of sheet or shower curtain....
Hi Jem! I'm on book 20, but I've been counting EVERYTHING I've been reading, including YA books and some very short poetry anthologies so I kind...
Thanks for everyone's responses! It's very interesting to hear about the variety of techniques. As for myself, I rarely do round-robin reading....
When (if) you do guided reading with your students in a small leveled group, how is the text itself read? When you answer, I would love to hear...
I am looking for book recommendations to use with a group of 4th/5th grade boys who are reading far below grade level. Although I'm not yet sure...
Looks intriguing, but I agree with others. I love my public library. I do everything online through our library's website, put all the books...
Upsadaisy, that's amazing! Mrsnikki, just added you. At first I didn't realize who you were....but now I figured it out! What fun to have a...
