I have used SUTW and have very mixed feelings about it. I probably did not use it to it's full potential, so maybe that's why i didn't care for...
Aren't they just the cutest little things? As for bringing my favorites home...for some reason my husband doesn't share my obsession (which is...
Last night I read The Hundred Dresses and I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers (suggested on this thread :) ) Both of these would be really, really good...
Does anyone have a house pattern that could be enlarged to put word wall word families on? Or maybe a website where I could find one?:confused:
PLUS...at the end of each year, if there have been any students who have had 100% behavior all year long, (believe it or not, I had 2 this...
Oh my Gosh!!!! Beanie Babies! I took my huge collection (okay, so I fell into the "they'll be worth something someday" trap!) of beanies to...
Okay...so I'm having a little trouble visualizing this! Actual tree stumps?!?
One of my friends read Stone Fox to her 2nd grade class, and didn't know the ending. The dog dies at the end and it was a very unexpected twist....
I'm having a hard time getting motivated too, so don't feel bad :o I am in the middle of the "homework" section, and have a few...
I love to check out lots of books in the summer...books that I never have time to read during the school year. I just finished reading an older...
Sure! I actually used one of the cheap photo albums (pleather) that they give you when you get your film developed. On the right side I put a...
All great ideas!!! To help the children open up as I try to get to know them, I have made a small photo album (with added text) to share things...
I like the plain shower curtain idea (better than the shower board) because it would be MUCH easier to store. If you need to be able to change...
"Dotty about 3rd grade" :confused: "Spot"-lighting our Success? I'll keep thinking! :D
What about Walk Two Moons? Or Sounder or My Side of the Mountain or.........:)
For kids music, one of my favorite groups is Trout Fishing in America. They sing a lot of really fun (and funny) songs. I have used Norah Jones...
A good place for you to start would be to ask for a contact number for another teacher (or two) in your grade level. Get together with them for...
You're more than welcome. Hope it helped! :D
You had asked if anyone does a unit on Rocks, and YES!!! I do and it's one of my favorites. One big activity I do centers around the book...
Personally I try to read chapter books that my kids wouldn't be able to read on their own, and they can usually handle Junie B. Jones/Magic Tree...
