I was Pinspired by reading focus walls that were popping up every where on Pinterest over the summer. A big push in our district is inclusion and posting objectives so that anyone, especially students, can know what they will be learning. I also wanted a designated place for my current anchor charts. I do not have enough wall space for…
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How I Stay Organized with My Teacher Binder
Organization is something I have to work at. My desk begins the day clean and organized, but by the end of the day, it looks like a dumping ground of papers, books, markers, pens, etc. The only thing that keeps me sane is my Teacher Binder. The one place where everything has a home. Finally, I can go to…
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Using Sticky Notes as a Formative Assessment
Conferences are this week so I’ll be using the grand old saying “a picture is worth a thousand words,” to get my point across. I like love using Post-it® Notes as a quick formative assessment for just about anything. I’m sharing two ways I have most recently used these colorful wonders in my classroom. I’m sure every teacher who…
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Common Core-ifying My Classroom Using Rubrics and Student Anchor Papers
Common Core is upping the ante for student performance. This is a bulletin board I used when introducing our personal narrative unit. It was Pinspired by a pin I saw that was geared for younger students and I adapted it for 4th graders. Rubrics are very important and I must admit that prior to attending Common Core Workshops I was…
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Celebrating Seuss Part 2: Hanging Inspirational Quotes
As Dr. Seuss’ birthday nears, I wanted to share a quick activity that you can do with your students that will inspire your students the rest of the year! This was something I was “Pinspired” to do when I saw a fabulous list of famous quotes by Dr. Seuss which you can find here. We turned some of the most…
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