Humane Society In-School Field Trip

Today we had the easiest and best field trip ever! In fact, we did not even leave the classroom! Cisco, a certified therapy dog, came to visit all of the third graders at our school today! Cisco’s owner, Terri Hancock, was so kind to provide our students with a FREE in- school field trip! Terri […]

Bad Case of Stripes (freebie!)

During our reading workshop mini-lessons, A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon was our mentor text. During the mini lessons for reading workshop, Camilla was our inspiration for identifying character traits and quoting the text to prove our thinking. We identified the theme of A Bad Case of Stripes– LOVE who you are!!! We […]

Fractions- Basketball Style!

Are your students learning about identifying, writing, and representing fractions? Do you need any of these Common Core State Standards to be taught? 2.G.A.2, 3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.3b, 3.NF.A.3d, 4.NF.B.3 If so, this is the lesson for you and your future B-Ball players! The Chicago Bulls must win tonight’s game if they want to advance to the […]