This past Wednesday, I shared a wonderful Roll-a-Dice Freebie for writing story starters (Check it the CF2 post here if you missed it!), but there's more where that came from! Check out my blog post from yesterday Roll-a-Dice Literacy Fun which features two new freebies using dice. Additional resources are provided for those interested in incorporating dice games into your classrooms through this post! Visit my blog post or access the freebies directly but clicking the pictures or links below! Roll-an-Emotion Fluency Activity (Google Doc) Here's a great tool for picking reading partners or reading buddies in the classroom! It's "clock partners" with a twist! Roll-a-Reading Partner (TpT) Happy Back-to-School Teaching!
I like the feeling when I completely forget who I am while reading.
Mari Andrew is a writer and artist based in New York City. The California native, who has 624,000 followers on Instagram, began drawing as a way to find joy through tough times.
I designed this poster as a (playful) way to reflect on what is (and by extension, is not) within our control.Use as classroom or office decor.Or distribute to your students, and challenge them to try each of the 24 suggestions.Discuss ways in which they are already agents of their own lives, and ta...
A touching serenade to the little things that add up to the bigness of a true platonic love.
1. The socialite buried wearing a lace nightgown inside her 1964 Ferrari Sandra West was a Beverly Hills socialite and wife of Texas oil tycoon Ike West. When she made her will, she requested that she be buried inside a Ferrari (shown above) “with the seat slanted comfortably." "her belo
I'd like to be alone with my blanket, please.
When I first began to have students work in groups I gave it up immediately. Like literally, gave it up during the first activity I ever tried. As a new teacher I felt like half of the students wer…
These deep dark quotes to get you out of your funk and will make you rethink your life.
“Courtney had the idea of re-enacting the scene of the [1976] movie Carrie.” On the 25th anniversary of Live Through This, photographer Ellen von Unwerth opens up about its instantly recognisable cover
my dream would be to get this to 1 million notes by the 1 year anniversary of me posting it, january 4th :)
It's another snowy day in Michigan, which I really don't mind if I don't have anywhere far to go. I just wish I could move my computer desk right in front of the fireplace! I'm linking up a few days late for Workshop Wednesday by Ideas by Jivey. Better late than never, right? I was inspired by Jivey's Workshop Wednesday this week which is all about using historical fiction. I'm getting ready to start our first book club of the year using The Hidden Girl. It's an autobiography written by Lola Rein Kaufman, a Jewish Holocaust survivor. It's a fascinating and moving story, which makes for great book club discussions. After reading Jivey's post I was motivated to try something new. I got to school extra early Friday morning and dug out one of my favorite historical fiction books, Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti. I love this book, because it requires a great deal of inferring. The illustrations are beautiful and add a tremendous amount of meaning to the text. I created a packet to go with the story along with a PowerPoint slide show of a few of the illustrations that I wanted the students to be able to look at closely. This is one of the pictures we looked at in the PowerPoint. It's not the best picture, but you get the idea. I loved the discussion that we had throughout the book! It was interesting to hear who already had a lot of prior knowledge about the topic (one student brought up Jewish ghettos, wow!) and those who didn't have much at all (one student responded to another with, What's the Holocaust?). But they totally figured out everything in the book! They figured out it was about the Nazis in World War II, the Holocaust, the Jews in concentrations camps...all of it! And by the end of the discussion, everyone had some prior knowledge about the subject. This is the class anchor chart we started together. I'm hoping this activity will have really piqued their interest on the topic, so they will be raring to dive into The Hidden Girl next week! If you would like to try this inferring lesson with your students, you can find it at my TPT Store. You can also check out my book club unit based on The Hidden Girl by Lola Rein Kaufman. Make sure you check out other ways of using historical fiction in your classroom by stopping by Workshop Wednesday at Idea's by Jivey! Subscribe to the Forever in Fifth Grade Newsletter for the latest info on freebies, classroom tips, and special sales!
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