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Amazing Harry Potter Classroom

I'm a huge Harry Potter fan so when I came across a post on Facebook for this Harry Potter themed classroom, I just knew I had to share with you all! Harry Potter classroom decor can be hard to come by so you have to get creative. The amount of work and dedication that went into this classroom is nothing but amazing. Whether you're a Harry Potter fan or not, you will be impressed! Harry Potter Themed Classroom Tressa Bargella is a 3rd grade teacher in the United States and a HUGE Harry ... Read the Post

Amazing Classroom Reveal: Using a Cricut for Classroom Decor

For years I have drooled over the classroom decor photos on Pinterest. There are so many talented teachers our there with an eye for design. You often see fancy lettering and shapes in these classrooms that look like they spent hours meticulously cutting out each letter. I'm not sure how long it was before I realized that these letters were actually cut with a machine! This blog post features the classroom of the talented Mrs. Richardson from @ReadWriteRichardson on instagram. Read on to see ... Read the Post

Create a Choose Your Own Adventure Story with Google Forms

Create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" Story with Google Forms Does anyone remember the old chapter books in the Choose Your Own Adventure series? Readers would get to a certain point in the story and then have to choose the ending they preferred (Does the princess marry the prince?Does the hero find the treasure?). Well, now you can create stories like this for your classroom.... Students will have lots of fun navigating through the adventure and choosing their own ending. Teachers can also ... Read the Post

Must Have Chapter Book Series for Grades 4 to 6

I see this questions ALL of the time in my Facebook group: "Which book series should I buy for my classroom library?" There are tons of lists online that you can find but you never know if actual children like those books or if they just happen to be selling well at the time. I also find that from year to year some book sets are read less often depending on the group of students I have. So I took a combination of the most loved book series in my classroom as well as series that other teachers ... Read the Post

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Update Your Sight Word Assessment Routine with this Digital Sight Word Tool

At the beginning of the year I do a variety of one on one assessments with my students so I can get to know them better as a learner and to help me plan my lessons and centers. Sight word assessments are a quick way to figure out which words or word patterns your students are struggling with. In the past I used a paper checklist and either flash cards or just a list of words that my students would read from. When I was finished with all of the sight word assessments I would have to grade the ... Read the Post

How to Use Google Slides in the Classroom

With the success of my post about how to use google forms in the classroom I thought I would create a post for how to use Google Slides in the classroom. Google Slides is probably one of the most used Google tools in my classroom. I use Google Slides and Google Forms daily. Google Forms is used every day for my digital math warm-ups (they are self-grading and save me so much time). Google Slides I use for various things like our digital readers notebooks and for almost all of my science and ... Read the Post

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