Welcome to Day 3!
Congrats to yesterday’s winners:
TpT Gift Certificate: Kathleen Amari-C
Clip Art Prize #2: Andrea Crawford
Social Studies Prize Pack: Misty
Intermediate Math & Science Pack: Sara V.
Intermediate ELA Pack: Buffie M.
Time to head on over to TpT to collect your daily gift:
Be sure to hit “Follow Me” so that you won’t miss a gift this week, as they are free for this week only!
And something extra for this Monday – especially for those of you who have my new Interactive Poetry Notebooks –
Next, enter to win these four prizes! Then, remember to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won and enter to win a fresh set of prizes.
See y’all tomorrow!
The Colorful Apple says
March 10, 2014 at 2:23 pmI love teaching about Earth Day in April!
Sara 🙂
The Colorful Apple
Misty says
March 10, 2014 at 2:33 pmI love teaching poetry after our state assessments.
Kim Wilke says
March 10, 2014 at 3:14 pmI love teaching poetry; and I'm especially excited because I have your new Poetry Interactive Notebook!! 🙂
Rebekah Murray says
March 10, 2014 at 5:02 pmMy favorite topic to teach is poetry.
Kelli says
March 10, 2014 at 5:13 pmI love teaching poetry. We did some really great work last year on writing all different types of poems. We are going to put more emphasis this year on reading poetry while we write to help us better understand the tools poets use to promote the mood, tone, and help us visualize!
Anchored in the Middle says
March 10, 2014 at 8:38 pmDespite the fact that most times practice for our ridiculous state tests comes into play- I absolutely LOVE teaching poetry and propaganda! Since I also teach Social Studies, the propaganda works well with World War I & World War II 🙂
Ursula says
March 10, 2014 at 9:09 pmI love everything about April. Testing is over, so we can really dig into some things that we just don't seem to have time for before testing.
Would love to win this laminator. I've been wanting one forever, but just never get around to buying one for myself.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Miss Lifesaver says
March 10, 2014 at 9:20 pmI usually teach poetry in April, and I love my anthology unit!
Elyse D'Andrea-Happily Teaching says
March 10, 2014 at 9:38 pmIn April, we teach fairy tales! That is BY FAR my favorite thing to teach in April, but I certainly don't mind doing April Fool's jokes either! 🙂
Mrs. Brown says
March 10, 2014 at 10:13 pmI love teaching about everything in April! Usually the weather is warmer and we can enjoy listening to stories read outside and enjoy nature!
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Jenn Miron says
March 10, 2014 at 10:17 pmThanks so much for the awesome stuff! In April I like to teach persuasive writing because it fits right in with energy and conservation! Spring is a great time to think about our earth and conservation!
Jody says
March 10, 2014 at 10:21 pmIn April, we are deep into solving our 10 Mystery Classes from Journey North…love this project and love this part of it, where we really start to narrow down and prove the locations of the Mystery Classes! 🙂
Debbie says
March 10, 2014 at 10:36 pmI love teaching the novel The River Between Us.
Cory Savage says
March 10, 2014 at 10:37 pmMy original comment got wiped from the system! *sigh.
My April plans are simple yet I hope so involved with "lightbulb" moments through analyzing poetry. I love taking long poems and short poems (specifically historical pieces and tying them into poems on the same topic) for students to pick apart. I usually compare the dust bowl, Titanic, and a sports event.
On a sidenote: one of my principals took my notebook to another school with her to show a principal and ELA teachers what I was doing with my students. She was amazed! I have to give credit where it's due and I wouldn't have a great notebook as a model without the fabulous lessons in the interactive notebooks you've produced, Erin. THANK YOU.
C Hath says
March 10, 2014 at 11:00 pmIn April I love teaching about the meaning of Easter! Easter always falls sometime between March and April so we can spend a lot of time talking about it! I love being able to share this with my kids, and look at all of the events that happened up until Easter!
Katie Nussbaum says
March 10, 2014 at 11:01 pmI love to teach about weather in April!!!!
Aly says
March 10, 2014 at 11:23 pmAs this is my first year as an 8th grade ELA teacher, I have been told that the main focus is on test prep, but I am hoping to spice it up a bit instead of boring old test prep. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions??
In an ideal world I love to spend time building a classroom of pleasure readers and engaging all of them to read materials they want to read.
Kate says
March 10, 2014 at 11:26 pmI love teaching The Westing Game! Great novel
Brooke Mahoney says
March 10, 2014 at 11:55 pmMy favorite thing to teach is the Little Prince 🙂
dbednars says
March 11, 2014 at 12:31 amThis is the first year that I am in a testing grade so I think that is the bulk of April learning. It's not a subject, but starting to go outside for recess again is a favorite in April.
kathleen culhane says
March 11, 2014 at 12:31 amAnimals! I love going to the zoo with my kids! 🙂
Miss Wild says
March 11, 2014 at 12:33 amI love teaching poetry in April! It just so happens our reading curriculum pacing guide finally aligns with our writing pacing guide so I might just go a tad bit crazy! My kids are just eating up their figurative language interactive notebook stuff and I can't wait to add more from your newest poetry item!!! I just love your materials and all of your resources! Thank you for all you do!
KMAC says
March 11, 2014 at 12:38 amThis is a new grade level for me this year but I am looking forward to teaching the kids how to use Animoto to create a video slide book report!
Carla @ Comprehension Connection says
March 11, 2014 at 12:43 amCongrats on your blogiversary, Erin! Hmm…April…testing strategies, close reading, determining importance, questioning. Fun times!
Ashley S says
March 11, 2014 at 12:47 amAnything spring! Especially this year 🙂
dremilylevine says
March 11, 2014 at 12:50 amI love teaching poetry throughout the month of April!
Mrs. Schiffli's Class says
March 11, 2014 at 1:05 amI love teaching about the Revolutionary War in April.
Goldenridgegirl says
March 11, 2014 at 1:08 amPoetry, writing biographies, and close reading are on the list for April.
Jennifer Arquette says
March 11, 2014 at 2:16 amI love teaching earth and environmental science!
Alison Rose says
March 11, 2014 at 2:54 amIs it cheating if I tell you what I don't love teaching? Lol! I have a rough time in April because our state testing takes up two weeks of our lives. The first two weeks before testing are taken up with review, review, review. April is my least favorite month to teach….every year. Now May…May I LOVE…it's open to millions of possibilities and the weight is off our shoulders.
Alison
Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'
*S.Udy* says
March 11, 2014 at 3:11 amAnimal research and reports!
Crystal says
March 11, 2014 at 3:59 amI'm in my last year of school, but I can't wait to teach anything!!
Bright Concepts 4 Teachers says
March 11, 2014 at 4:07 amI love teaching about life cycles!
-Jaime
Bright Concepts 4 Teachers
Tweenteacher says
March 11, 2014 at 4:25 amI used to do a cool reading of The Lorax and a short 2 day lesson with middle schoolers to coincide with earth day, but the science teacher is using the book NOW for Arbor Day essays, so I am not sure…Working on Hatchet with 6th grade and Tuck Everlasting/Figurative Language with 7th and with testing and Lent schedules, probably won't have time to start anything new anyway???
Mrs. S. says
March 11, 2014 at 4:35 amApril is my favorite time to teach Earth Science, particularly weather and life cycles. 🙂 Of course Earth Day is a terrific way to talk to the kiddos about community service and ways we can help improve our Earth.