So, in the "about me" section I talked about how my own little Munchkin inspired the title of my blog. Her favourite book series is "Pinkalicious" and she wanted that to be the name of my blog! Well I tweaked it a bit but still kept her theme.This is the latest book in the series that she got from the Easter Bunny! She was so excited! The Easter Bunny set it on top of the toilet (for some light reading of course).Anyway, after reading it, I think I might read it to my students on Earth ... Read the Post
Emeraldalicious!
Penguins!
I just wanted to share this super cute art work that my kiddos did a few weeks back. I got the idea from this site: Deep Space SparkleIt was really easy for them to do and they loved getting creative with their penguins.If you're looking for a fun art lesson that looks great on the walls, give this one a try! ... Read the Post
Games Galore…a little play based learning!
Day 2 of trying out this play based learning business went pretty well! I still need A LOT more work and tweaking to figure out how to get that right balance between the play and the learning.I borrowed this idea from a teacher at another school and the kids went nuts!Here is what I put out for them:I put out paper, dice, markers and pencil crayons.My hope was that they would catch my drift and create some games and boy did they ever!This is the start of a Minecraft game! This is "Gummy ... Read the Post
Why Writers Write…
The primary division at my school has decided to try out something new with our writing program. In the past we have always taught each of our learning cycles with a focus on a particular writing form. We came to find that this wasn't producing better writers because we were so focused on the particulars of each writing form rather than the basics of writing. So we selected learning goals for our students based on what they really needed to improve on and we gave them the ... Read the Post
Daily 5
My students absolutely love Daily 5 time! They love that they get to choose what they are doing each day and that helps to keep them engaged. I love that they are working on meaningful literacy activities while I confer with small groups or conduct individual conferences.I got my Daily 5 posters from this blog! I would post her button but I'm not quite sure how to do that yet (feel free to comment and let me know!!).The most popular word work activity in my room is definitely the ... Read the Post
My First Freebie
My little explorers have been researching other countries using books and the ipads. I created a booklet for them to record their information about food, clothing, climate, shelter and so on. First they worked in research groups and did some rough research and recorded it on chart paper. They transferred their information to the booklets in sentence format.You can get it as a freebie here: Country Report Booklet. If you have any tips for me, feel free to ... Read the Post
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