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)...
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 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...
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 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 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...
