Wow, already this is the second Saturday in April! Which means this is the second installment of reflective posts that Tammy from Forever in First, Julie from Lighting a Fire in Third Grade, and Sandi from Literacy Minute and myself have gotten together to write. We truly hope you enjoy them and that they spark some reflective thoughts. After reading… View Post
We just had our assembly to get ready for “the big test”. Our theme this year is Wipeout the MAP! What fun the assembly was for everyone. Teachers dressed up for action and competed in our own special wipeout obstacle course! Students who had tested advanced in the previous year got to help out with the obstacle course. This… View Post
Isn’t that such a cute poem to use for National Poetry Month? I found it and thought it would be great to use for linking comprehension to fluency. It is long enough for students to practice their fluency on and has lots of great images for them to use to help them understand it. Timothy Rasinski suggests using poetry to… View Post
Tammy, Forever in First, writes a great reflective post each week called Saturday Sayings. She has graciously asked Julie, Lighting A Fire in Third Grade, and Sandi, Literacy Minute, and myself to join her for the month of April. How fun! Please be sure to go their blogs too each Saturday and read their Saturday Sayings. If you have a… View Post
We have been working hard learning long vowel sounds. Whewww! That is hard for some of us to grasp. I found this poem to help us. I wish I knew who to give credit for the poem. I really like it. You sing it to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. Here is what it would sound… View Post
Recently we have been working on learning to infer when authors do not tell us everything that is going on with the characters in a story. This can be a difficult skill to master, especially for some of my struggling readers. I found these two great activities from Abby at The Inspired Apple. She made the super cute What’s In… View Post
Amy, over at Literacy and Laughter, is hosting a linky party on classroom libraries. Be sure to head over there to check out all of the other great photographs of how teachers organize their books in their libraries. I love, love books!! I try to pass that on to my students too. If they know anything about me, they know… View Post
