Classroom Prep/Set-Up… A First Day Of School Ice Breaker You’ll Want To Try This Year 26 Aug 201831 Jul 2018 Okay, here's the thing. Ice breakers can be awesome...but when you're teaching a middle/high school classroom, the last thing you want to do is be: a. lame b. cheesy c.…
Middle School… 20 Things We Need To Say More Often 17 Feb 201617 Feb 2016 I stumbled across this adorable video the other night. It's by a young boy who (in the cutest little voice) lists 20 things we all need to say more often,…
Assignments… Making Connections 3 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today's (and this week's) Book Club topic is making connections, specifically making a Text-to-Self connection. To help my students understand this, I created a presentation and notes sheet.Continue reading "Making…
6th Grade Reading… My Hamburger Narrative 26 Oct 20151 Dec 2015 The focus of my sixth grade classes is narrative writing: short stories about the student's own lives. To help with the structure of writing a short story, we explained a…
Dugout… Hungry Hungry Hippos! 23 Oct 201513 Nov 2015 This was a super fun activity that FCMS participated in during their Dugout time--a human-sized, human-version of Hungry Hungry Hippos!Continue reading "Hungry Hungry Hippos!"
8th Grade Reading… Hunger Games – Scaffolded Notes 20 Oct 201527 Oct 2015 I stepped into this placement at Forest City Middle School while my eighth grade students were in the middle/end of reading Hunger Games. This was a difficult spot to enter,…
