We, as teachers, are always stopping while reading to ask students what is going to happen next.  We want students to be able to stop and monitor their understanding of the text.  This will, in turn, help with their comprehension of the story.  I wanted to stop in today to share some new resources I am using in my classroom to help students with this strategy. I always like to start by introducing the strategy of the week with an anchor chart.  Did you know you can print poster-size anchor charts from Adobe??!!  This anchor chart is in my Making Predictions Pack , along with the directions on how to print posters from home or school.  I also print mini-anchor charts for my students to put in their reading journals.  We, together, create our anchor chart for the week.  I usually use a read aloud as an example to add to our anchor chart so that I can model using the strategy.  Students complete their own little anchor charts with me.  This, my friends, is such a powerful too...
Welcome to my farmhouse inspired classroom!  I have been wanting to post a classroom reveal since school started, but things just got crazy.  I moved to a new district and new grade level this year, so I felt like I needed to take that time to get readjusted.  Sadly, this poor little blog suffered because of it.  But I am so excited to be back and share my home away from home.  That was the feeling and look I was going for with this classroom.  I am a huge fan girl of Fixer Upper, Joanna Gaines and the farmhouse style, so I wanted that to be reflected in my classroom.  But I also wanted it to be a fun, inviting place for my first graders, so I blended the two.  Let's go on a tour around my classroom! This is the view as you walk into the door.  I wanted to use a mostly black and white color scheme, but I have lots of yellow, green, and blue supplies and storage pieces so I had to incorporate those colors, as well. The first thing that catches everyone's eye is t...
I don't know about you, but student transportation has always stressed me out!  It's the most important piece of information I need for my students on that first day of school.  I learned early on that I needed a system to save my sanity!  So, I just wanted to drop in to share my system and how it has helped me.  You may have a better system.  If you do, I would LOVE to hear about it!  The more ideas and ways to do it, the better!  This is the note I will have parents fill out on Meet the Teacher night.  I have a checklist that they will have to complete that night and part of it is filling out this form.  I tried to cover all the bases for the year in which transportation information from school is needed.  These are the options at my school this year, but I have included an editable letter in my pack for you to customize to fit your schools' needs. After they fill it out, they place the form in this basket on my teacher table.  I want them all in ...