I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and combine a blog post with an assignment for my Gifted Endorsement class (since it’s super late and we have class tomorrow)! Let’s talk about making sure our questions during Social Studies instruction are challenging enough. It’s common knowledge I am passionate about teaching Social Studies. I also have a… View Post
Well, I put off ending The Civil War with my 5th graders as long as I could. I think we are supposed to be done with Reconstruction by now. Oops. I wish our curriculum was The Civil War-WWII, but alas it’s not. When was the last time you read the word “alas” in a blog post? Boom. Maybe I… View Post
Happy Monday! Thank you so much to Brooke Brown from http://teachoutsidethebox.com/ for sharing this link up. I am so excited to be linking up with Brooke and the other hosts to give you a sneak peek of my Edible Cells activity. These activities are now posted in my Teachers Pay Teachers store Click here for creative science stuff! This year I am teaching Science… View Post
That awkward moment when you get inspiration in the middle of a meeting because your attention may possibly have wandered….. and you brainstorm a top 10 list for why you love Flocabulary on the back of some random handout…and you know how that story ends. You lose it, but you end up writing a rap instead. That’s never happened to… View Post
I love Social Studies and especially American History! See my picture for Exhibit A. I think maybe I’m just a throwback, born in the wrong era kinda girl. I did a little informal survey with my newbie 5th grade students last year during Open House. I asked them their favorite subject and only 1 kid said Social Studies. And I… View Post