Meme

Bonnie tagged me for a meme, so here goes!
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know [...]

SOLSC: Crying in Front of My Class

My copy of Number the Stars

Originally uploaded by teachergal

I cried in front of my class today.
And no, they didn’t torture me or each other to the point of tears. (Remember, I have super fourth graders! They’d never do that!)
I cried today [...]

Structure

Last week I blogged about the three structures memoir writing I’m teaching my students. Seeing as they’re all walking around saying, “I need more beads,” or “I’m not sure if my car is really hybrid,” I figured I’d share the chart with others since it’s proven to be useful in my classroom:

Sight Words

I’m very good about posting our class’s vocabulary words on a classroom bulletin board, but I’ve never had a list of high-frequency words up on the wall. I’m starting to think I should, because the portable Word Wall I gave them earlier in the year isn’t always making its way out of their folders [...]