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October is Disability Awareness month, but it's so much more than awareness... it's about acceptance and seeing people, our students, for who they are. FREE Disability Awareness bulletin board display. Only at Mrs. D's Corner.
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Use a rhythm bulletin board to create a display that's themed, exciting for your students, and driven by the content we teach every day!
Teach your child the terms for the physical parts of a book and have them write over the dotted words.
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Want to help your kids learn about gratitude? Play the gratitude game with them. It's a fun game that the whole family will enjoy!
Here are some of the anchor charts I've created in my classroom so far this year. I stink at drawing my own anchor charts ( I may have mentioned that once...or twice...). I make mine on the computer. See my post here on how I make them. This is our anchor chart for Monitoring for Meaning. We talked about different strategies to help us figure out a word we don't know. This is from our Launching Reader's Workshop unit. We discussed what good readers do during Reader's Workshop. This is my favorite chart! Also, during Launching we discussed how to take care of our class library (especially since it's my favorite part of the room!). My kids are actually reallyyy good about using the library this year - so proud of them! Here's some Writing Anchor Charts: This one I've really stressed this year. It drives me craaazzyy when my students come up to me and say "I'm done!" So this is an idea from Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Writer's Workshop. I almost never hear those dreaded words anymore! Every Friday, my students write a letter to their parents in their Friday Journals. Read more about them here. I was noticing that my students kept forgetting the date, greeting, and/or the closing on their letter. I created this poster as an example/reminder for them. Finally, we are participating in a district-wide initiative to improve our writing scores. We are all using a tool called RAiSE. I'll share more on that another time.
It's taken a long time to perfect and to make the details tight with the story, but introducing ... Escape the Library: An Escape Room with Mr. Lemoncello!
Sat, 7 Feb is National Libraries Day ! Our libraries are facing huge challenges right now with all the budget cuts, and it's a great time to show your support. Libraries with trained librarians are a wonderful haven for readers, especially children, who can work their way through huge amounts of…
Along with a couple library related word games, this fun worksheet has your child do a little research on the place he can call "my library."
April is National Poetry Month and April 27th is Poem in Your Pocket Day. There are so many fun things to do this month and so little time! Here is an idea to get kids reading and sharing poetry: Create a Poem in Your Pocket bulletin board display with this free template. (Thank you to Ashley Hughes for this super template!) It's pretty easy.....First, have students decorate a "pocket". Staple the pocket to the bulletin board. Give them a few days or longer to find a poem that they love. Bring in a copy (they could copy it by hand) and place it in their pocket. Throughout the month classmates can read each other's chosen poem. Students could also write their own poems, too! Click here to download this free template. I hope you and your students enjoy the freebie. If you are looking for more poetry resources, I created the Poetry Unit below. It includes directions for writing 8 poems plus templates, poetry task cards and a covers for poetry journals. Students can create their own poetry journals. Or create a Class Poetry Journal. After learning all 8 types of poems, have each student choose a favorite and then put a journal together for the class. Leave in the classroom library for students to read throughout the year!
Better Nate than Ever, Loot, How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied, The Fourteenth Goldfish, Flora & Ulysses, Half a Chance, The Silver Six, El Deafo, Chiggers, Zita the S…
Libraries aren't just about borrowing books and reading. Here's a word search puzzle on a library theme for the kids to try.
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It's time again to link up with Oh Boy 4th Grade for Currently February! * I love me some snow!! (My hubby says that's because I usuall...
I am an educator, I am not a police officer. I have responsibility to educate rather than police rules. Academic honesty is one of those areas where many feel the need to be police officers. Yes there are rules, yes there are reasons behind the rules, but as with anything, if there is an understanding of why the rules are important, then there is more willingness to comply. I have been interested in copyright for a while & I have researched the topic to understand the rules better. I know the rules pretty well. There are many of them. They are complicated, and sometimes one sided & unfair, however, they are the rules we have and should be complied with. These rules are all about consideration for the creators times and talents. In my role as a teacher librarian I have the pleasure of educating people about the rules about being Academically honest. Bibliographies, in text citations, anti piracy, etc etc all come under this mandate. We are working with children, who are told to share from the time they start playing, then are told - well, you can't share this without playing by the rules of sharing this type of resources. As part of the role of educator, I try to help the students understand that we can share, and that when we share we need to be considerate of the creator. The golden rule "Cite unto others as you would like to be cited". Our students are creators more than they have ever been before. They have authentic audiences and are creating some fantastic stuff. They are not just consumers of intellectual property, they are also creators. We need to include them as creators in our academic honesty education. When it becomes personal, it is learned and understood. I created the short, colourful poster below to help students understand why it is we need to cite other peoples work, breaking it down into 4 basics about intellectual property. By making it snappy, easy to read & comprehend, the message is easy to digest. I share it with you on the understanding that you too will respect my time & talents in the creation. You are free to use as required with attribution under the CC license on the poster, click on it to enlarge it.
Yes, it has it's own board on my Pinterest account. I used to be embarrassed by how fascinated and excited I was about classroom libraries. I paroused thrift stores, hit up retiring teachers, and planned my weekends around library book sales for months leading up to my first year in the classroom. By the time
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I always love having students help with classroom tasks and take over responsibility for some of our classroom jobs that need to be done! I’ve managed classroom jobs many different ways throughout the years, but this is the system that we have been using for the past few years that has worked really well in […]
Transform your learning space with the Famous Philosophers and Thinkers Bulletin Board Poster Set. It's a captivating collection designed to inspire and educate. The set includes 20 beautifully crafted posters, each highlighting a key philosopher, providing a glimpse into their groundbreaking ideas, a photo, and a quote. These posters are perfect for classrooms, libraries, or any educational setting. They not only decorate your space but also serve as a continual source of inspiration and intellectual stimulation. They're an ideal resource for sparking discussions about philosophy, ethics, and critical thinking, inviting students to explore the profound contributions of these thinkers. Each poster acts as a portal into the rich world of philosophical thought, promising to enrich your environment and ignite a passion for learning and exploration. Plato Aristotle Socrates Immanuel Kant Confucius René Descartes Friedrich Nietzsche John Locke St. Thomas Aquinas St. Augustine of Hippo Karl Marx Laozi Jean-Jacques Rousseau David Hume Søren Kierkegaard Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Arthur Schopenhauer Ludwig Wittgenstein Baruch Spinoza Michel Foucault
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