Everyone has a story to tell. What is yours?
Once Thanksgiving has passed, Christmas is probably on the mind of most of your students – I know it’s on mine! I love to bring Christmas into my classroom for my students, too. These are some of my favorite Christmas chapter books to either read aloud to my students or use in small groups leading up to Christmas break. You… Read More
We are definitely counting down the days to Thanksgiving around our house. While we wait (sometimes impatiently), we create! Earlier this week, my daughter browsed through my Pinterest board and chose three project she wanted to make at home. The first project was a Thankful Pie (inspired by this pin). We needed two paper plates, construction paper, stickers, glue, a… Read More
When possible, I like to keep with themes and holidays for my reading groups. Since I teach 2nd grade, many of my students are reading chapter books. Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving chapter books to read with students. Throughout this post you can click on book titles to learn more about them or find all of these books… Read More
Every child in the classroom deserves to be celebrated. Since everyone has a birthday, this is the perfect opportunity to make it special and memorable. Here are a few ways to celebrate birthdays in the classroom. CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS IN THE CLASSROOM BIRTHDAY DISPLAYS I keep birthdays posted in my classroom so no one is forgotten. The display has changed from… Read More
The dilemma arrives year after year….what will my students make for Mother’s Day this year? In the age of Pinterest, it’s hard not to get bogged down and feel the pressure of one-upping the previous year’s gifts. However, I am emotionally and physically exhausted this year. Have I mentioned that I’m almost 8 months pregnant, too? I needed to streamline… Read More
We continue to learn about the features of nonfiction text. Last week we added bold and italic print to our list of features we can identify: Luckily, students had some idea of what these features were all about. They wanted to quickly point out that these features can be found in fictional text, too. So we have also been working… Read More
