S17: Blog 14: Review and New
This past week, my students took their last end of the unit test for math! It makes my head spin to think about the 11 chapters worth of...
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 12: Decimal Division
This past Friday I was the substitute in my classroom while my CT was out and thus had the opportunity to kick off our final math unit of...
S17: Blog 11: Full Speed Ahead!
This past week we certainly jumped right back in after Spring Break! With the countdown to testing on we are moving at full speed when it...
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 3: Phases of the Moon
I spent most of this past week watching my 5th graders take their iReady math diagnostic test and pulling small groups of students during...
S17: Blog 1: According to plan...
Something I joke about often is how when you teach at an elementary school you’d think that your daily schedule would feel routine, if...
S16: Blog 12: In My Opinion...
The past month or so, we’ve been doing a lot of practice on opinion writing in preparation for this week. This past week we did an ELA...
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 6: Matters of Time and Money
Things are changing in my classroom. My CT and I have decided to try doing more parallel teaching. This means that while one of us is...
