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School Supplies You Didn’t Know You Needed, Until Now!

School Supplies You Didn’t Know You Needed, Until Now!

by Teach-A-Roo | Jul 28, 2016 | Back to School, Beginning of Year, Centers, Language Arts, Management, Organization

I get so excited during the summer when the Back to School sales start. I think it goes back to my childhood when my folks would take me to get my school supplies. We went to a store called Smitty’s and I would get to pick out a new pencil box, crayons, and a...
Making Test Prep SNOW much fun!

Making Test Prep SNOW much fun!

by Teach-A-Roo | May 4, 2015 | Language Arts, Management, Teacher Tips, Test Prep

So, here in the desert it doesn’t snow. In fact, quite a few of my students have NEVER even seen snow. Imagine their surprise when I told them we were going to have a snowball fight in our classroom… HA! To motivate my kiddos during our last stretch of...
Dirt Pudding

Dirt Pudding

by Teach-A-Roo | Apr 17, 2015 | ELA Standards, English Language Arts, Language Arts, Writer's Workshop, Writing

Have you ever made dirt pudding? This is another fun activity to do around Earth Day,  or anytime you want to have your kids practice using some functional text. We recently finished a unit on functional text. Students need practice in reading recipes and following...
Peanut Butter, Jelly TIME! Using Functional and Informational Text in the Classroom

Peanut Butter, Jelly TIME! Using Functional and Informational Text in the Classroom

by Teach-A-Roo | Jan 25, 2015 | Close Reading, Common Core, ELA Standards, Interactive Notebooks, Language Arts, Reading

Happy National Peanut Butter Day!! This week I was tasked with working on a close reading of functional and informational text. I needed to incorporate main idea, text features, and vocabulary.  No problem!  Actually, it was!  I usually end up trolling TPT or making...
Stone Soup!

Stone Soup!

by Teach-A-Roo | Sep 6, 2014 | Books I Love, ELA Standards, Fables, Language Arts, Picture Books, Uncategorized

This was a really fun week for me at school. My class did a little ELA unit using the story Stone Soup. I used the Reading A-Z version for the students, and then read aloud the classic Marcia Brown version. We compared and contrasted the folktales with an anchor...
Accountable Talk in Close Reading (Notice and Note)

Accountable Talk in Close Reading (Notice and Note)

by Teach-A-Roo | Jun 11, 2014 | Close Reading, ELA Standards, Language Arts, Reading

Hi friends!  We are back with another installment of our summer book study of Notice and Note- Strategies for Close Reading. Today we are working on pages 27-38. (This is where it gets meaty!) It is all about implementing accountable talk strategies during close...
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