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"Okay, so also not to long ago I saw on Blog Hoppin' a teacher did a project for younger kids called turkey in disguise (sorry I don't remember the teacher, but she is so smart). So we decided since I saw it too late, to do Gingerbread men in disguise for our Christmas writing prompt. The students are currently working on stories about how they woke up and they found a gingerbread man running for his life and asking for help. In their story they must tell about how they disguised him, what they disguised him as, and how they helped him escape certain peril. They are having such a good time, they begged for extra writing time today. Anyway here are some of the gingerbread men in disguise, these are not all from my class. Our whole fourth grade is doing this project. aren't they adorable, these are just a few. There were way too many to choose from. Hopefully when they are done with the writing piece I can post some of those. I hope you all have an amazing last week before break, and as always thanks for reading! Mrs. B"

This site looks cool - found it in a quick google search for a worksheet to help my kiddos who are still struggling with converting fractions from mixed to improper. Seems like there is a whole bunch of skills here and no sign in required!

This is a neat idea - have students bring in lyrics to their favorite song - then use the lyrics to figure out the probability of certain words in the song.

There is a book that I am using with my reading group regarding this orphan train...I never heard of it. Breaks my heart - I used a youtube to introduce it to the kids. We are in the process of reading it. Two of my three kids in group are very much enjoying learning about it.

I've done this in years past and it's powerful. In third grade, I got some tears when we damaged the dolls so I stopped doing it! I will do it again this year and tie it into my anti-bullying talks. I have some paper cut-out dolls that the students can trace - you are welcome to borrow.

Tie in formulas in math with this activity.

Close Reading shared at In Service 2/15/13

2013-2014 - awesome song, possible project in music or with tech to develop a project?

LOVE this poster for how to respond to an open ended response...I like boxes and bullets - but this does a nice job pointing out the "evidence" from text, which seems to be an area students struggle in.

variety of sixth grade vocabulary used in a game where you have to determine the correct answer out of three and "dump" the answer into a robot's head.

Ten commonly misused words in the English Language

United Streaming - "Ssssssh! We're Writing the Constitution" - open in internet explorer

Give students part of the constitution and have them identify which part (article/section) the pictures applies to in the constitution. Includes patent drawings (monopoly, etc :) (Albert Einstein's immigration papers)

Mysteries to solve, scary stories and magic tricks (mentioned in grad class, didn't have time to check out yet

How cool is this? - shown in Mrs. Hilt's Happenings.

Brad - progressive - talks in third person

Five 8 1/2 x 11 figurative language posters with cute illustrations to make the point. Metaphor, Simile, Alliteration, Personification and Oxymoron. This is one-quarter of the posters you will find in the full 20 Figurative Language Poster pack in my store.

Use this site for Judicial Branch - students become a judge in an actual case - see how the Judicial Branch works.

Amelia Earhart wreckage article