Little Learners

Doodlebugs Teaching is taking a break from Five for Friday until August. So to tide us over, I'm linking up with First Grade Parade for Favorite Pins Friday! This should be fun! I love pinning! If you are interested in linking up, click on the adorable image below! So here are my favorite pins from this week. I've been pinning this Giveaway that I am also participating in! There are so many great items you can win! I saw this AMAZING idea recently! I really want to try this next year! I plan…

Make these shrink film keepsake keychains with your students using Shrinky-Dink paper! These fun names will preserve how they wrote their name when they were first learning! We share how on Simply Kinder.

#1- Write in front of the kids daily- I know for many of us the thought of writing in front of the kids is terrifying! Most of us weren’t English majors, and I think it brings back memories of red ink when we were kids. I, for one, am the queen of run-on sentences. Also, I LOVE commas and exclamation marks!!! I am sure all my “Grammar” friends are cringing right now as they read this! But here is the truth, they are 6 and 7 years old! We have tons of writing knowledge to share with them…

Have you seen the video, Teacher Tipster Place Value Song? It's great! That's why a number of bloggers have shared how they have done a Place Value Boot Camp in their classes. Well, that concept is pretty much lost on my class of international students, but I still used the catchy song- they LOVED it! I whipped up a little poster with the lyrics,...check it out! Click on the image to grab a copy! Each day, I have the calendar leader pick students to "act out" a number (If you watch the…

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Different ways to say some simple descriptive words in English. By learning these will help to improve your writing skills.

I love hearing my girls (and sometimes a few boys) outside chanting rhymes. One of their favorites goes, "If it's a girl, I'll give her a ...

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Get started with growth mindset in your classroom with anchor charts, posters, writing prompt, brag tags, and more! {from The Designer Teacher}

Encourage students to realize the power of growth mindset and the word 'yet' with this read aloud and free graphic organizer.

Use your Lego bricks as a hands-on way to teach kids how to add and subtract double digit numbers with remainders.

+JMJ So I've been working on this below.... Feel free to download if you can use them. The first one is actually specific to our Texas Process Standards for 5th grade. The others are just general to help you if you need help in small groups. I'll actually add more specifics for the other contents soon. Happy Teaching! Edit: I will not be able to put up a free editable version as intended. I apologize for the inconvenience. =( Please feel free to print out the above. =)

If you’ve ever had (or possibly you currently do have) a student who struggled with phonics even after receiving daily, systematic instruction, it’s most likely because they have not yet developed their phonemic awareness abilities. Read more

Progress Monitoring for IEPs and RTI made easy! FREE, editable, and easy to use Progress Rings to help save you time and paper. Blog post and instructions at Mrs. D's Corner.

Polar Bear Anchor Chart