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Fixed vs. growth mindset.

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i can see myself having a fishing theme in my future classroom

Our t-shirts are made from preshrunk 100% cotton and a heathered tri-blend fabric. Original art on men’s, women’s and kid’s tees. All shirts printed in the USA. Every teacher know this moment. Your students are in the classroom talking and talking. you are sitting your desk, chin on your hand. You are looking at everyone and just waiting for them to shut their mouths. Finally the room goes quiet as the students look around embarrassed. If you're like all teachers than this "I'm Just Going To…

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Hooray! Finally my first Monday Made It of the summer is completed. I have been working very hard while my little man takes his 4 hour n...

Here is our current target. This will stay up until we have mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication, & division equations. To get everyone ready to solve equations we began by working some very simple number sentence problems like: Students were quick to tell me the answer was 4. I then asked them to explain why the answer was 4 and to be able to tell how they figured this out. Here are their answers I counted up from 5 to 9 I subtracted 9 - 5 All perfect answers. I explained that the…

Sometimes I wonder if my students truly feel listened to, if their voices truly feel heard. In the bustling hallways, noisy lunchrooms, and busy classrooms, it can be challenging to listen to each …

Pass the butter, I've been on a roll lately...making anchor charts. #1 Personal Narrative Inspiration My Version I made this one to review personal narratives with my students. Today they took a benchmark. I hope they looked at it. If not, it is moving to my writing wall. They get to do another benchmark in January. Maybe if they stare at it long enough, it will sink in. #2 Adverbs Inspiration My Version This week all of our mentor sentences contain adverbs. I made this chart to help explain…

We came back from winter break with a two day week last week. I really wanted to do a review of multiplication concepts, because we had been away from school for twelve days. So I had planned some …

Class expectations: Success, willpower, attitude and goals. Great acronym!

My "Not-So-Pinteresty" Anchor Charts. A collection of Anchor Charts by One Stop Teacher Shop! For 5th grade Math, Reading, Writing, & Grammar.

Tales of a first grade teacher