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Crafting Connections: June 2015
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Powered by Penny Auctions. The Challenges of Writing on Demand. During my tenure as an ESL teacher, I have to admit that I dreaded the return to school after the holiday break. Besides having to brave the blustery Nebraska winter, all of our fourth graders had to take the state writing assessment at the end of January. In Nebraska, fourth graders always have to write a personal narrative, so we spent September through January focusing on this writing style. 1 What is your favorite season? The results wer...
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Fit to be Fourth: September 2014
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Monday, September 29, 2014. I wanted to let everyone know that I just posted my latest product. I created a popcorn-themed unit on plural nouns. The previews below show everything included. Please let me know if you have any questions. This product is 20% off until Thursday, October 2. You can see it in my TPT store by clicking here. Or on any of the pictures below. Thank you, and have a great week! Saturday, September 27, 2014. Spark Student Motivation Saturday - Freeze Frames. I only have 25 minutes to...
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Crafting Connections: May 2015
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Powered by Penny Auctions. Meet My Friend, Alley! And don't forget to enter the giveaway! I would like to introduce you to a new blogging friend today! Alley is brand-new on the blogging scene, and I am so. Honored that she chose to write her first blog post. About using some of my main idea resources in her classroom! Click HERE to read her post! I hadn't thought of that possibility before! Please take a moment to check out her blog. Alley is also giving away one product from her TpT store. When my "Anc...
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Crafting Connections: Fractions in Simplest Form... An Interactive Anchor Chart
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Powered by Penny Auctions. Fractions in Simplest Form. An Interactive Anchor Chart. It's my day to blog at Upper Elementary Snapshots. Today, so I invite you to hop over there (after you check out my new fraction anchor chart below) and check out my topic, Anchor Chart Solutions, where I present several ideas on how to effectively use, organize, and display anchor charts in the classroom! Click on the image to check it out! This shows how much of the anchor chart I create prior to class. Subscribe to: Po...
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May 2015 - Ideas By Jivey: For the Classroom
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Contact Me for Professional Development. Sunday, May 31, 2015. If you have never played Minute To Win It in the classroom, you have been missing out! We played these games almost the entire last day of school! It's a super cheap and fun way to "play" with your kids. *I did NOT create any of these games- these are games that you can easily find by doing a search on the internet! Moving On Up is a good starter game- most of mine could complete it! Stack Attack is a bit trickier! They love the noises it mak...
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Crafting Connections: January 2015
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Powered by Penny Auctions. Prime and Composite Anchor Chart {plus a freebie! Prime and Composite Numbers:. An anchor chart with a mnemonic device to help your students remember the difference! This anchor chart is the result of a couple inspirations. The first one was Kayla's weekly math homework. Kayla's fourth grade teacher sends home a sheet of 16 math problems each week, and her students have to complete them and bring the sheet back to school on Thursday (which I think is a great idea! The second in...
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Crafting Connections: February 2015
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Powered by Penny Auctions. It's time for Anchors Away Monday! A few years ago during a PLC meeting, our third grade team did an item analysis on a practice test that our third graders had taken a week earlier. Do you care to know which questions were missed most frequently? Main idea, vocabulary, and sequencing. The first two topics did not surprise me, but sequencing sure did! Isn't sequencing a "right there" type question? After) when I speak Spanish! Looks remarkably similar to after. Thinking aloud, ...
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Crafting Connections: September 2014
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Powered by Penny Auctions. Prefixes and Suffixes Anchor Chart {plus FREE task cards! I love to teach the topic of prefixes and suffixes! I have watched my ELLs' vocabulary grow by leaps and bounds after learning the meaning of various prefixes and suffixes. I begin our unit by playing Hangman on the board. (Have you ever done that? The kids LOVE it, and it gets them engaged right away! They take turns guessing letters until someone finally decodes the entire sentence:. I FIXED THE POSTER TO THE WALL.
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Crafting Connections: A Back to School Tip, Freebie, and GIVEAWAY!
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Powered by Penny Auctions. A Back to School Tip, Freebie, and GIVEAWAY! I am linking up with my 11 blogging buddies at Upper Elementary Snapshots. To bring you some back to school tips, freebies, and a giveaway! We have a whole week's worth of Back-to-School promotions planned, so be sure to check out our blog! My tip is to get an early start on students' birthday certificates! I love having the certificates ready to hand out- I am never scrambling to write out a birthday certificate after. I've also got...
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Crafting Connections: Parts of Speech Craftivity... for FREE!!
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Powered by Penny Auctions. Parts of Speech Craftivity. for FREE! I am just writing a super-short blog post today to share my revised Adjective and Adverb craftivity! In my experiences teaching upper elementary, students struggle with adjectives and adverbs. and understandably so. They do. And that's why I decided to create this FREE craftivity! If you think you can use it with your students this year, please feel free to click on the photo and download it! 5 Reasons to Use Craftivities in Your Classroom.
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