

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 2: Decimals in the real world
One of the most important things, I think, that we as teachers can do when we plan lessons for our students is to find ways to connect...


S16: Blog 13: StEm Lesson Study and a Butterfly Garden
Over the past several weeks I’ve had the amazing opportunity to participate in creating and teaching a STEM (science, technology,...


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 7: The Biography Project Part 1
Recently I’ve begun a new project with one of the two small reading groups that I pull on the mornings I am in my internship classroom....


S16: Blog 3: Literacy Week
As you may or may not have heard, this week is Florida’s Celebrate Literacy Week. Because of this, I have gotten to share some fun...