We used the SF kits last year for the first time when I taught third grade. I was pretty good with keeping up with the experiments at the...
We have Scott Foresman Science, does anyone else use this? These are the units we cover: Life Science (plants, animals, ecosystems, systems of...
I don't think it's too young at all! I saw one on Ms. Powell's website once and I wanted to do it for my room, but I'm not an artist and I...
What is your back to school welcome board going to be? I was going to write my students names on colorful cut out stars and put them on the board...
No I'm not. The steno pads are too small and the pages rip out too easily for daily classwork. I like for my students to keep their classwork in...
I loved looking at your pics from last year and I got a lot of good ideas. I can't wait to see what you come up with for your new room, I'm sure...
I don't get to put together my own school supply list. The school puts it out, which I hate, but I make use of what they have. This is what they...
Our kids are given an agenda book at the beginning of the year. If they lose theirs (which rarely happens), I just make them use a regular spiral...
I've looped with the majority of my kids since 1st grade (we'll be in 4th this year.) My class is pretty good for the most part and I love the...
My students come in and copy their homework into their agenda books. Then they start their warm up, which is usually a worksheet dealing with...
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
I usually put the student's desk in order first. Then I can figure out how to place all the rest of the furniture, like my desk and the reading...
Thanks for sharing your pics, your room looks great! :2up: I noticed you have those slider pencil cases in a crate under your workshop way board....
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I wear them equally. I usually wear a skirt twice a week (more in the spring/summer) and pants the other three days.
I plan on making sure I manage homework and make up work better. I plan to actually teach social studies and cursive this year. And I also...
Kleenex, glue, post-its, and large paperclips. I had millions of the small paper clips, but I was always running out of the large ones! Oh,...
Gopher4, I remember seeing those pics of your room last summer and I loved looking at them. Your room is so neat and organized!
Last year while doing a lesson about the Mayflower, I told the kids that we could abbreviate it to MF since we had to write it a lot. Every time...
Lol, I swear, these Staples sales are the only thing that can get me out of the bed before noon on a Sunday morning! :)