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TheMountainTeacher-June 29, 2015-7 Comments

How to Make Class DOJO Manageable When I first started using Class DOJO, it was quite the fiasco. I felt like I constantly had to…

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TheMountainTeacher-June 25, 2015-0 Comments

Hello & Welcome! Welcome to my blog, or for some of you, my reboot blog. I wanted to take some time in my first blog…

Engage students in chapter books by having them complete this fun project! Your students can read ANY chapter book and complete this fun summarizing flip book. Students will practice summarizing book chapters using the "somebody, wanted, but, so, then" format. There are two options for flip books. Option A goes up to 18 chapters, and simply practices summarizing.

Are you looking for an EASY way to streamline your small group planning for reading? Look no further, this guided reading group planner pack has everything you need to: create and organize your groups, plan a week's worth of lessons for your small groups with ease, hold your students accountable for their learning with various questions and graphic organizers and empower your students to own their learning by giving them various reading roles.

Simile writing is easy with this monster writing and craft! Teach students to use similes as part of this descriptive writing resource. This lesson can be taught in one day or stretched out throughout five days. Students generate lists of adjectives to describe their monsters, turn the adjectives into similes to describe how their monster acts, smells, feels, sounds and their appearance.

Encourage your students to read, write and get outside over the weekend by sending them home with your traveling class "pet" or mascot. This resource includes everything you need to implement sending home a class mascot with your students this year. There is a letter to parents explaining the project, a template for students to write on, rules and reminders for your students while they are looking after the mascot, and a binder/bulletin board cover for your students’ work.

Second grade money centers that are engaging and fun! This resource has five engaging centers that cover the common core state standards for money in a fun, refreshing way for students.

Field Trip Reflection Form - this is a perfect way to review and reflect after any field trip. Specifically catered to zoo field trips or a generic form for any other field trip.