Tag Archives: Teaching

Eating your Fractions

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

To keep their brains in somewhat of a school mode, I conduct a summer school of sorts at our dining room table.  Monday through Thursday for an hour or two in the morning the boys work on maintaining their reading, … Continue reading →

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The Evil Tables

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

In my classroom there are 31 students.  We have seven groups of tables, four groups of four and three groups of five.  At various times of the day, I call certain tables to come to turn in papers, come to … Continue reading →

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See You Tomorrow!

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

At work today, I had after school bus duty.  This basically consists of standing by the buses as the kiddos head out for the day and reminding them to walk, not run, to their bus.  As two fourth grade girls … Continue reading →

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John Glenn’s Face

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

Today in class my students partner read a passage about John Glenn and then answered questions involving problems and solutions. As I was walked around listening to them read and answer the questions, I noticed a girl and her partner … Continue reading →

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My Classroom Door

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

This morning the outside of my classroom door looked like this: It is awesome and I love it.  The parent organization at my school is apparently pretty amazing and organized to have done this not just to my door, but … Continue reading →

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How do you Plot Your Lions?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

In our classroom, we have been working on data collection and graphing.  We have spent time using tally charts, frequency charts, pictographs, picture graphs (also referred to as scaled picture graphs, just to make life more confusing), bar graphs, and … Continue reading →

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Bad Joke

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

In my classroom, we end our day with about ten minutes of a share, telling, or joke.  There is a sign-up list the students use to maintain some order in the process.  Many of the students lately have gotten into … Continue reading →

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Traveling Sideways

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

In our classroom today we were suppose to be comparing two different texts with similar themes.  The story today was of a boy named Carlos who started out really wanting a particular breed of dog.  As the story progresses, the … Continue reading →

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AzMERIT with a Side of Chocolate Cake

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

The next two weeks are AzMERIT weeks in our household. In case you do not live in Arizona and as such are lucky to not know of what I speak, the AzMERIT is a statewide standardized test that is given … Continue reading →

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Stolen Love

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

During a lunchtime discussion, a coworker of mine started telling us about a problem she was having with a couple students in her room.  Apparently they had been sneaking back into the room at the end of the day as … Continue reading →

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