Last week I had the opportunity to observe my guided reading groups in action with my instructional coach. I was surprised at the amount of conferring you can get done with the kids right there in groups vs. the weekly 1:1 conferring (without groups) I try to squeeze in every week. I decided this weekend […]

I’m sharing with you today my classroom’s February art project to be displayed in the hallway. I was very inspired by the artwork I posted on my February Favorites. I love doing art in the classroom and having students work together to achieve the same end goal. These handprint art projects came out better than […]

With February just around the corner, I began looking at projects I can incorporate into our days. February is by far the busiest AND shortest month for a teacher. You have about 6 holidays to cover in a span of 15 days. Luckily, I can have a little more fun this year with my 3rd/4th graders […]

My teaching partner and I were lucky enough to SCORE a full day of planning (because we are newbies to this grade level!) with our instructional coach this week. We got SO much done, my little OCD heart is singing. With MLK day coming up really quickly, I knew that we needed to plan some […]

It’s almost October?! How did that happen? Well either way, I’m excited. I snapped this photo while running into the Library. I love this time of the year… it’s gorgeous out (even in the rain), the leaves start to change, there is pumpkin everything and I can finally wear layers and boots! October 4th will […]

1. Beginning Geometry Our kiddos and I are jumping into Geometry this week. I’m starting with lines, rays and segments then we will also be covering angles and then finish on Friday with symmetry. We have been working a lot in our interactive notebooks (new to me!) the last week and a half so here […]