Building a solid sight vocabulary in our youngest readers is key to their reading success. The ability to effortlessly recognize and read sight words increases both fluency and comprehension. I wanted to share a quick post about an adorable book I recently discovered. It's a … [Read more...]
Five For Friday: Haunted Morph Houses & Blood Cell Diagrams & Halle Heart Museum
Happy Saturday! We survived Halloween!Here's a little peek at my week and how I kept little hands busy and minds off of candy!-------------------------- 1-----------------------------We've been learning about nocturnal animalsfor a couple of weeks now and on … [Read more...]
Host A Halloween Math Party!
Each year my teammate next door and I throw a Halloween math party. It's become a yearly tradition that our kids love because it's fun! We love it because everybody's engaged and still learning, and our admin loves it because it's standards based. Win-win-win! It's always a huge … [Read more...]
Waving My Wand & Some Teacher Friend Freebies!
Oh happy day, Halloween falls on a Friday this year! My class is already candy-crazed and talking about trick-or-treating!We have all sorts of gobliny goodness planned for our little friends and I am breathing a sigh of relief that it all happens on a Friday! Until … [Read more...]
Test Prep Halloween Style and a Freebie!
Whew! Made it through that first nine weeks! The end of the quarteralways means district benchmark testing for us andsince Halloween is right around the cornerI decided to do some test prep, Halloween-style! We used a lot of the activities in my FrankenLine Number Line … [Read more...]