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I find inspiration for teaching everywhere I go. My kids do open gym at a t umble place. They have this sheet that has open gym times. I am going to take a copy laminate them and use them in math center for elapsed time. What a great idea...

This post is off my normal teacher post.  I am done worrying that my house looks like kids live here. I am done panicking and throwing  things in cubbards for your playdate or cookout. Yes my kids play with toys and they do so all over my home. I am not dirty and cluttered, I am a mom. I am a GOOD mom, one that let's her kids have a childhood. Trying to make it as technology free as I can. Let's stop worrying that our kids play with toys or even have the freedom to live in our home.. I am starting now and am no longer sorry..

Two years ago I attended a Smekens training and it has opened my eyes to a new way to address literacy. Using some of the things you know and use and making them more relevant to the students. Their website had some amazing resources. I have attached their main website and another link to their Teacher Pay Teacher resource page. Trust me you want to check them out:):):) Professional development in reading & writing for K-12 teachers Main Site Teachers and their students benefit from the practical, best-practice teaching strategies developed and shared by Kristina Smekens and her team of expert literacy consultants. Through regional workshops, on-site school trainings, and online training videos, Smekens Education equips teachers with both the ideas and the motivation they need to engage learners and improve student achievement in reading and writing.1 Teacher Pay Teacher Link Below FREE RESOURCES

I came up with this Great back to school get to know you idea the other day. This year I am now teaching 4th grade and have come up with a super great idea for kids to learn others names and meet new people. Before the year starts I am going to collect 26 mini water bottles. You can find these at Kroger or Walmart . Kroger brand is 2.99 for 24 bottles or the brand below is usually 3 for 10. I have stopped at the craft stores and collected, letter beads, sprinkles , glitter and other little trinkets that will fit inside the bottle. Before the kids come I am going to place each students first name inside the bottle. with glitter and other fun things. Then I am going to seal them and place a number on the bottom. I will place a name bottle on each students desk and provide a list of student names on the overhead or board for students to reference. Each student will have to try to figure out which classmates bottle they have. This may be harder for the younger grades but the older gra...

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Fluency Two sets of fluency poems level 1 and 2. Repeated reading and fun read aloud or center work. fluency phrases and words. Easy way to build fluent readers using fun poems. Give new poem each week and test students at the end of the week if they pass it move them on. Fluency Defining Reading Fluency For the most part reading fluency can be defined as the ability to read text easily, quickly and expressively without making much effort and with little difficulty comprehending the meaning of the text. When evaluating a child's overall reading fluency, there are two different types of fluency that are being looked at: oral reading fluency and silent reading fluency. Oral Reading Fluency Much as it sounds, oral reading fluency refers to how fluently a child can read out loud. This type of fluency is less about how well a child understands and remembers what he is reading and much more about how he decodes the text. If your child is a fluent oral reader, he should be a...