Similes and Metaphors

My scholars LOVED this video!

I also had them give me a topic to create similes and metaphors for as a class before they did some as small groups. Our topic - Minecraft! Little did I know it is becoming a little less popular for some 4th graders, but they still came up with fun similes and metaphors!

Core Connection: 4th grade English Language Arts, Language Standard 5 a. Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g. pretty as a picture) in context.

Spring Break BINGO

Keep your kids reading over Spring Break with Spring Break BINGO!! Offering prizes for 1 BINGO, 2 BINGOs, and a homework pass for black out! They are required to get a parent signature on each square in order for it to count. Click here, or on the picture, to download for FREE!

Utah's Wetlands, Forests, and Deserts Vocab Matching Game

Ok, so what is my first product? A vocabulary matching game for Utah 4th Grade Science Standard 5: Utah's Wetlands, Forests, and Deserts! You can have students do it in groups, or make a copy for everyone to cut out and take home. Click here, or the picture, to download for FREE! (What's better than FREE?! It includes the answer key!)

First Product!

I just uploaded my first product (Free!) on my Teachers Pay Teachers account! I'm super excited to share all the cool things I have created for my classroom over the years! Check it out: Crisp Creations. MUCH more to come!!!

Class Dojo

One management app/website that my entire school started implementing last year is Class Dojo. I love it!! You can give points and take away points, each with a reason why. The students and parents log in and can see how their day was! Did they get points for making good choices? Why were points taken away? Takes the guess work away from how their day really was, and saves some time not having to send emails to parents all the time. There is even a messaging component where you can send quick little messages to parents! I love it, and the students love changing their avatar at home. They can even download the student version of the app on their tablet or smartphone (Heaven forbid your student have a smartphone :) ) Since we have different students for Math, Spelling, and Reading, parents can see each individual category under one sign-in since the teachers have attached themselves to the school and you can "share" students!

St. Patrick's Day Math

The school I am at, scholars are split into ability levels for math class, and we also have "core math" time to cover grade level math material. Today for core math, and even in my math group as review, we did this awesome activity I found on Teachers Pay Teachers : Lucky Geometry! It covers the geometry section of the 4th grade common core and reviews types of lines and angles. My class absolutely LOVED it and want to play it again on Friday!

Here is the link to the activity: Lucky Geometry.I printed it off on colorful paper and laminated it for many years of use!

What Makes YOU Happy?

We recently had our suicide prevention training at school. It's crazy to think about, but as teachers, we also help students find what they are good at, help them conquer their weaknesses, and find out what makes them happy. This was SUCH a fun idea! My 4th graders absolutely loved it, SO Much that I had to hide the notecards :) I got the idea from pinterest (https://elainthemiddle.wordpress.com/) and make it my own! They loved the Disney lettering as well. We are a classroom at the end of a hallway, and usually there are not many people down there, but this bulletin board has attracted so much attention, and the parents for parent/teacher conferences loved guessing which ones their child wrote!