Please welcome Mary Bauer, fourth grade teacher and author of the Artistry of Education blog. I have been working with my fourth graders on placing fractions and decimals on a number line. I saw on Pinterest where someone put clothespins on a paint stirrer. I realized that I already had a class set of number lines I could use for the activity:…
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Close Reading with Grandpa Jack’s Voice {FREEBIE included!}
Do you have that one family member? You know, the crazy one, that everybody loves anyway? Yea – me too! 🙂 Back in 1996, Grandpa Jack wrote all of his children and grandkids a book. It was stories about his life. Earlier this year, I took that book into my fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classroom. The kids absolutely LOVED…
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Don’t Blow It! Keep Reading This Summer!
Really short and sweet post today. I simply want to share a cute bulletin board that was put up in our building. I’ve seen this done as a writing assignment, but it was the first time I’ve seen someone turn it into a bulletin board. Plus – the message is great! Looking for great end of year activities to keep…
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Stress Relief “Gift” for Teachers, Staff, and Everyone Else!
A few weeks back I came into my classroom to find this little lovely on my desk.  What a simple, yet fun way to end the school year! Of course my 6th graders just laugh if I look the least bit stressed and ask me if I popped any “stress relief” lately! 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And since this post went…
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End of Year Wordle Gift for Students
I have been fortunate enough to have some great students thus far into my teaching career! Last year’s group of 6th graders was especially special because they were the first group of sixth graders I’d taught in my career and they were just amazing students. So I wanted to do something special to let them know how much I cared and…
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