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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"

Tie in formulas in math with this activity.

Funny video on action verbs

One of my students showed this to me (I haven't played it yet :)

CUTE youtube on Simple Machines. I will be using this with our "switching" science + simple machine discover

Interesting article on how best to use Khan Academy

Great lessons on story elements including a picture book, resources, and guided notes for each element. There is also a link on here to an online story mapping activities that can have info added by students and then printed out.

On-line games and resources for Reading Street K-6

Great video on Elections, Electoral College, etc.

One of the first stories in Pearson....Pay it Forward

Mrs. Jane was on the bus with Rosa Parks

Open Ed - create playlists, search engine aligned to common core - shared on Hybrid In-service 10-13

Tons of free printable graphic organizers are on this site.

At the beginning of every school year, I always spend the first few days with my fourth grade students discussing our hopes and dreams for the year. This idea is based on the Responsive Classroom approach to developing a positive learning environment with students.

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.

This page contains detailed information about the Reading Street curriculum by grade level. Scroll down to view and read about Launching the ELA Block, How the Week is Organized, Correlation Maps, and many other valuable resources.

This link doesn't seem to work for me. Try this one, if you have trouble: http://old.falmouth.k12.ma.us/index.php/home/academics/english-language-arts/ela-elementary/reading-street-documents