My Reading Autobiography

Hey folks! I am taking a State mandated reading course online and I am enjoying it thus far! My first assignment was to write the story of how you learned to read, in under 600 words. Well, mine was over the limit a bit, but I am proud of my little story. I hope it encourages other educators to take pause, and reflect on HOW and WHY you like to read. It's a very powerful exercise and I hope you do it before your next school year!

Social Studies Card Game ***FUN Test Prep***

I created very basic cards with PASS-like questions for my 5th graders to use this week as they prepare for next week's Social Studies test. I will be printing these on card stock and placing the answers on the back.

Even though they are bland, you are more than welcome to leave a comment for the Word Doc with these and more questions.

 

World War II told through COMICS

I created these comics,
based on my SC standards.

I used the iPad app
"COMIC STRIP."

My children were very
engaged and enjoyed the
lesson.

The next day, they were able
to use a similiar app for the
next standard.

The Roaring Twenties...Social Studies in 2013...

This is the powerpoint that I use to help my 5th graders understand the 1920's. I am starting this next week and they will have the chance to create some foldables and popplets with their iPads.

 

If anyone is interested in this ppt, respond with your email address and I would be glad to forward it to you!

CCSS Math Practice Standards

After our Everyday math Coach visited, she left us with the CCSS practice standards. I created these labbels that I have placed next to my SMARTboard. I have been placing asterisks next to the standards we use for each EDM lesson.

US Immigration MAGNET SUMMARY

Immigrants came to the United States because of both push and pull factors. Often they were pushed out of their home countries because of war, poverty, or discrimination. They were attracted or pulled to the United States because of promises of economic opportunity, religious freedom, and political and social equality.

My children will be completing this Magnet Summary with a partner. This a great way to add writing into the content areas and help children understand how to summarize longer text.

Conflicts and Cooperation in the West--SS and ELA

I am doing a Jigsaw Reading activity for Conflicts and Cooperations during Westward Expansion. I added a "cheat sheet" for doing a Jigsaw read for my teacher friends that have never done this before.

By just copying and pasting the support document "The Students MUST KNOW" information into Word documents, I am enabling my students to see all the testable vocabulary and all the information is right there for them. No more searching for "great" articles off of the internet. USE YOUR RESOURCES--don't work harder, work smarter!

6th grade ANCIENT EGYPT notewalk stations

My husband teaches 6th grade Social Studies. I wanted to share one of his ideas, since he is not much of a Blogger :)

Station Work: Children rotate to different numbered stations and take notes along the way. This time, they are learning about ancient EGYPT!





 

A Day in the Life of a 5th grader



Small Group partner work: Identify Author's Point of View



Fluency Graphs for Individual Students: During Workstations



Aims of Reconstruction Exit Slip: Social Studies



Reconstruction:MAGNET SUMMARY Reading Strategy



Aims of Reconstruction FOLDABLE



Inside of CONSTRUCTIVE PROCESSES: Landform Unit



Inside of DESTRUCTIVE PROCESSES: Landform Unit



Exit Slip: Landforms Unit



Vocabulary Station IMAGINE IT Unit 1 Lesson 3



Comprehension Station IMAGINE IT Unit 1 Lesson 3



Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven Fluency Station:: Reading with Intonation

Anchor Charts

US Reconstruction Foldable Activity

Science--Variables posters

I had a friend make this for our first science unit--Scientific Inquiry.

Thought it could help!

6th grade Social Studies ROOM SET UP

My husband has moved to a new school this year and I was asked to help design his room.
WHOO-hoo! My favorite thing to do...Here are some pics we took today. We did this in 2 days!

 VIEW FROM HALLWAY

 AS YOU WALK IN

 FRONT BOARD

FOCUS BULLETIN BOARD

Teacher Business Card with QR code

Thanks to Mimi over at 5thGradeRocks5thGradeRules , I recreated my business cards on Publisher. I put my QR Code on them instead of clip art. I changed the color to go with our school colors and I love it!!!

MORE classroom set-up stuff

I start back to school on August 14th; have staff development the 14-17th. Open House is the 20th and my students start on the 22nd. TIME IS FLYING BY and there is seriously NOT enough time to get everything together in the time allotted....so this is why I ALWAYS go into my classroom in the summer and work as much as I can. There's always a ton of paperwork that needs to be completed before the first day of school. That is why I try to have my entire room done so I can have a clear head for the monotony that is --paperwork!

COMMON CORE MATH POSTERS

The above questions were taken from the 5th grade Common Core standards. I am going to print them out and place them next to my math word wall. I will refer to these while teaching and have them up all year for my students to use as well.

SIGN IN CARDS

The numbers are for my students. Every morning the students must flip their card over so the number is showing. This way, when I take attendance, I know who is in class that day. At the end of the day, on their way out the door, each student turns their number to the back--ready for the next day