Sunday 6 - Transition Words Anchor Chart and More

Thanks to Mrs. Wheeler's First Grade for hosting the Sunday 6!

My third graders have been writing persuasive pieces.  We've used this anchor chart for writing transitions from one supporting reason to another.  

The anchor chart is actually a compilation of other anchor charts I found online.

I have 12 iPads in my classroom - all obtained through grants.

We LOVE using the Epic app for eBooks.

This app has more books than I could ever house in my classroom library and...

 it's free for educators!

Check it out by clicking here.

We still have 2 weeks of school. 

We had to do some goal setting to get us through these final weeks. 

Check out this product in my Teachers Pay Teachers store for helping your students to 

FINISH STRONG.

Our final social studies unit is about Japan. 

Our city has a sister city in Japan, so we do lots to learn about this interesting country.

One of the things the students love is to paint Japanese characters.

I put on Japanese music, and it makes for a calm class period.

I lead an after-school STEM Club with three other teachers, and our final meeting is this coming week.

We are going to explore augmented reality, and each student will get one of these!

It's called a Merge Cube, and each side of the cube has multiple games and learning tools that come to life when you use the connected app.

I hope to write a blog post soon to share how this went.

This weekend I tried out a new recipe on the grill, and it was delish!

A couple added bonuses were that it was easy to put together, and had minimal clean-up.

You can check out the recipe here for the grilled shrimp foil pack.

Thanks to Mrs. Wheeler for hosting the link-up!

I'm planning on checking out her Editable EOY Bookmarks!

Currently May! And.....how to finish strong this year!

Hooray!

Thanks to Farley I'm back to blogging!

Where did the time go?

I have been swamped with some exciting (and not-so-exciting) thing the past few months.

I hope to be back at this blog more frequently.

Look for a blog make-over to be coming soon!

Now on to this month's Currently--

I love Sirius XM!

I have it in my car, and on a small player for when I'm at home.

Couldn't live without it!

We have 70 degree weather today people!

It was great to be out and about in short sleeves.

Our PLC meetings have been a bit stressful this year. 

We've been trying to mesh tried and true traditions with new experiences.  It takes a lot of planning.

My sweet little dog has been diagnosed with a heart murmur, and is having an EKG done this week.

I'm hoping it all turns out to be a minor issue.

He is a chipper 12-year-old cock-a-poo, and my best buddy.

Ugh - our district writing assessments were due Friday. 

They are hanging over my head this weekend.

As you can see I'm blogging, rather than working on them.

The summer looks to be a fun one.

I have a new teaching position that involves some traveling each month.

I'm so excited about it, and will share more soon.

I also have getaway shopping trips in the works with some girlfriends.

And I hope to have more time to decorate my house - possibly with some new furniture.

Are you looking a way to help your students to finish the year in a strong way?

One of the things we did to encourage our students to make the most of the last few days and weeks of school was to do a lesson on "Finishing Strong".

We watched this truly inspiring video:

The kids absolutely loved it!

The music and quotes just make you want to step it up!

I created some follow up activities so the students could write down their plans for finishing strong 

this school year.

We talked about perseverance, and how setting goals is the key to achieving more.

Check out the packet of activities by clicking on HERE.

Tried It Tuesday - Finishing Strong!

We have 7 days of school left.

We go all of next week.

I know some of you have more time than that.

My sympathies.....

One of the things we did to encourage our students to make the most of the last few days and weeks of school was to do a lesson on "Finishing Strong".

We watched this truly inspiring video:

The kids absolutely love it!

The music and quotes just make you want to step it up!

I created some follow up activities so the students could write down their plans for finishing strong 

this school year.

We talked about perseverance, and how setting goals is the key to achieving more.

You can check out the packet of activities I created in my TpT store.

Head on over to Holly's blog to find more great Tried It Tuesday ideas!