This is my first time doing a Linky Party… so hopefully I am doing this right! Make sure to take a peek at Doodle Bug’s Teaching for some great ideas. So glad this week was over! The kids were so excited about Halloween this week, so it made for a rather rough week. Fingers crossed […]
Mindmapping is my new favorite way to review for science and social studies tests! This tool can also easily be used for math and language arts. These graphic organizers connect and organize concepts, so the kids see how their learning fits into a “bigger picture.” The mindmaps in this post are all about our Civics […]
Prefix, suffix, and root lesson using morphology notebooks Are you teaching prefixes, suffixes, and roots? I strive for a literacy-rich classroom. Developing morphological-rich awareness is a basic building block for reading comprehension, spelling, and even fluency. If a student can pronounce and know what a “tyrannosaurus rex,” they are more than capable of interpreting a […]
WHOOPS… haven’t updated all summer! Goodness, have these first two months of school been busy! Get ready for a plethora of new posts. I have my act together and am ready to keep up again like usual. Look at this GORGEOUS new rug I received this year! I absolutely adore it, as do the kids. […]
SOL tests are officially over! Yay! So now we have three weeks of freedom to teach without standardized tests. I’ll be honest, I was at a complete loss yesterday what to do! The two things I am focusing on the next week is poetry and art history. I adore art. I frequently visit art museums […]
Probability is generally super easy for the kids, so I try and incorporate as many fun activities into the unit as I can. I did a couple of activities today. First, I gave each child a Dixie cup filled with about a teaspoon of Fruity Pebbles. They found the fraction probability of each color, and […]
As the History SOL sneaks up on us, I am preparing my kiddos in any way that I can! Although in the big picture standardized tests do not truly show how much a child has learned, they are unfortunately a vital part of life. The kids will be taking these until the are adults, so […]
My goodness, teacher appreciation week is one of those weeks that reminds me how lucky I am to have such wonderful students and parents. Yesterday I received a plethora of beautiful flowers and vases from my kiddos. One of my parents decorated my door in beautiful pink paper, flowers, hearts, and streamers. Clearly my class […]
I finally received my horseshoe table! After a long year and a half without one, this has proved such a miracle worker. I used to be working with a big, rectangular table. Let me know tell you, instructing students on a rectangular table is incredibly difficult. Attempting to reach a student or see their work […]
Are you a first-year teacher? The number one thing that I was worried about as a first-year teacher was a classroom library. Looking back…. there was probably much more that I should have been worried about! Anyway, I knew that I wanted a literacy rich classroom, but books can get expensive quickly. I was at […]
Hello! My name is Miss KC. I graduated from the College of William and Mary (go Tribe!) with an undergraduate degree in History and Islamic Studies. I stayed an extra year at W&M to receive my Masters in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction. My hobbies include Ancient Near-East Art (specifically Assyrian), Lilly Pullitzer, Taco Bell, Henry […]