S17: Blog 13: Black Bears, Alligators, and Observations- Oh My!
What a week! There have been some weeks this school year that have been as peaceful as you can get when you work at an elementary school...
S17: Blog 9: Emojis and Math
This past week I got the opportunity to plan a math lesson to introduce my 5th graders to finding and plotting points on a coordinate...
S17: Blog 6: Cat Week
This past week in ELA was known as what my CT affectionately refers to as “Cat Week” because it’s the week where students read the text...
S17: Blog 4: Space LDC
This past week and this coming week, my 5th graders are working in both reading and science on a LDC (Literacy Design Collaborative)...
S16: Blog 11: My Day in 5th Grade
On Tuesday, while my students were testing, I had the opportunity to go visit one of my classmate’s classrooms. She is in a 5th grade...
S16: Blog 10: The Biography Project Part 2
For a little over three weeks now I’ve been working on the biography project that I’ve designed for my small group of higher-level...
S16: Blog 9: Make it Rain
Recently in science, we’ve been learning all about weather. This means we’ve done everything from going outside to see what the...
S16: Blog 8: Marshmallows and Math
We’ve recently started a new unit in math that’s all about geometry. This week we’ve been working on learning about 2-D shapes like...
S16: Blog 5: 100 Days Smarter
This past Tuesday we celebrated the 100th day of school; and we sure did it in style! I walked into my classroom Tuesday morning and was...
S16: Blog 2: My New Small Group
This past week I have begun pulling a new small group during our literacy block. The students I am pulling are currently reading below...
