If you are ready for a room transformation featuring sharks, I have some time-savers for you. Let's create a Shark Week! Students love anything about sharks and I have so many ways to take advantage of their interest. We start our study off with a few picture books and some reading passages. ... READ the POST
A Little Inspiration from the Grand Canyon
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Help with Informational Text in Your Classroom
I'll admit it- I was that elementary teacher that made all kids read and write fiction. Fiction. And, in the back of the room, there was always that one little third grader whose face would fall when I announced another fiction writing exercise because what really needed to come out of my mouth was ... READ the POST
Some Easy Ways to Bring Out the M in STEM
It's all about solving problems in the STEM Lab! We do it every day with our designs and building! BUT...... recently I had a brain pop and came up with a fabulous invention! Keep reading and find out what we tried! It's called Towers and Task Cards! So, here's the basics! The kids had to ... READ the POST