Last Week Reflection and More Social Studies in ELA!
This week was my last week in the field and I am going to miss my students so much! I was able to build strong positive relationships...
Social Studies in ELA
This week my students worked the nonfiction text called Rebuilding New Orleans. Classrooms That Work states that science and social...
Author's Study
This past week my CT and I led the students on an author study of Robert Munsch! My CT picked this author because his books were fun and...
"Doing" Mathematics
In Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, the author Van de Walle mentions a third-grade class where the...
Teaching and Celebrating Culture
This semester I have been teaching Social Studies to my 3rd grade students. We have been exploring different cultures in North America,...
Teaching Poetry
This week in 3rd grade my students and I explored poetry. Poetry is a new unit for my students this year so to introduce the unit, my CT...
A Valentine's Day Read Aloud <3
For Valentine's day I selected the warm and relatable story called Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts. I selected this book because it has...
A focus on Text Features
This week my students are reviewing text features and gaining practice with them in their English Language Arts Block. My CT previously...
Knowing the Learners
In Differentiated Instructional Strategies the authors writes that brains differ as much fingerprints and faces do. This relates to how...
Fluency
My students are currently working on fluency in the classroom during whole group instruction and guided reading time. Fluency contains...
