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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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Celebrating Read Across America
Dr. Seuss and I are birthday buddies, I’m March 1st and he’s March 2nd! I wanted to share some ways my third graders celebrated last year to hopefully Pinspire you for this year! The first way our school celebrated Read Across America was by having a door decorating contest. My door tied for 1st place and we won an ice…
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Top Buzz Words in Education in 2013
Here’s a Throwback to 2013! If you spent some time in my district in 2013, here are some of the buzz words that you would hear approximately 100 times per week lol. It serves as a “snapshot” of our district wide goals. I’m sure MANY can relate to these buzz words. Did I miss any? Wordle.net is a site that…
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Whole Brain Teaching- A Must for New Teachers!
I was fortunate enough to attend a Whole Brain Teaching Midwest Conference over the summer at Walsh University in Canton, Ohio where Coach B himself taught hundreds of eager teachers the basics of Whole Brain Teaching. I have been a fan of Whole Brain Teaching since the summer after college graduation. I was fortunate enough to be hired in a…
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