I often struggle with how to hold students accountable when they read. It would be nice to think that all students read for pleasure, but I realize that’s not always the case. So – I have used this little reading journal. If you are looking for a very basic reading journal to hold students accountable, this is for you! This…
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Project Fair – Science Fair, ABCs of the US, Biographies, Book Covers, and Poetry Books
One of the big things the 5th graders completed this year was a Project Fair. They did a poetry book, ABCs of United States History book, a biography summary on a person, a book cover of their all-time favorite book, and a science fair project. These pictures are of their book covers. The students took their all-time favorite book and…
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Mother’s Day Tulips Gift with FREE Download
Looking for a quick and easy (not to mention last minute!) Mother’s Day gift? Then this is for you! Simply click on the picture above to get your free mother’s day tulips gift. Have your students color them, cut them out, and then create some type of stem for them. Here are my suggestions: Attach pixie stix as a stem…
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End of Year Turtle Compliments
As we near the end of the year, I always try to do some fun activities with the students. One of these is to focus on what great students I have had all year! (Print and digital ideas are included below!!) TURTLE COMPLIMENTS! Print activity for in person learning – This is an activity we did in college on one…
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Screen Free Week Reading Idea
There are some conflicting views on when “Screen Free Week” (aka TV Turn Off Week) is. We celebrated it this week in our school, but I have seen other websites that say it runs April 30-May 6, 2012. Either way, this is a fun little activity and I wanted to share it with everyone. It’s called the “Couch Potato Reading…
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