gIVEAWAY!!

Everyone loves a GIVEAWAY!!  Head on over to my Teacher Notebook store where I am giving away my Glogging All About Reading to 2 lucky winners!  Go ahead check it out!!

hOW dO yOU uSE aN iPAD iN tHE cLASSROOM

I'm excited, I'm intrigued, I'm ecstatic, I'm stumped...I just got a new IPAD to use in my classroom with my students.  I was ready, but now I need to hear from those of you that have experience using them in their classroom.  I know I can use it as another computer, but I want to really get everything I can out of my new resource so I need you!!  Please share with me your ideas on using an IPAD in the classroom.

Dana :)

cURRENTLY...fEBRUARY

Wow, February is already here!!  I welcome February because it gets me one step closer to spring!
Anyway I'm linking up with Farly from Oh Boy Fourth Grade for her Currently...

Here is what I'm currently up to...

What are you currently doing?

Dana  :)

fRACTIONS and hIGHER oRDER tHINKING...

Yay!  It is a SNOW day for me!  Sorry I had to start that way!  I love snow days, but even more than that I love Friday Snow Days!!  Anyway I was looking into adding a couple of new things to my TPT store and today was the perfect day for that.

I don't know about your school, but where I reside higher order thinking is huge!  Think about your questions, think about how challenging your questions are, post your questions, etc.  Anyway I had created a Fraction Pack last year for just that...higher order thinking.  So far (to my amazement) it has become my most popular product.  I love you all for that!!  :)

I decided I would throw another product up that was along the same lines and see if you guys could use it too!  I sure hope you can.  This one too focuses on fractions, but it deals with the dreaded wonderful improper fractions, mixed numbers, and problem solving.  If you are interested check it out here!  It is entirely aligned to Common Core for 4th grade and has been a tried and true in my very own 4th grade classroom.

BTW I'm joining TPT for their annual Super Bowl Sale.  All of my items will be 28% off!!

        

Now...I'm off to load my cart!

Dana  :)

Hmwk...I nEED yOUR oPINION!!

I need your opinion...do you give reading homework, if so how much homework do you give?  I would love to hear from you!!  I currently teach 4th grade and have always been up in arms over homework.  Please enlighten me!!!

bEST cLASSROOM iDEA oF tHE dAY!

My best classroom idea of the day was...using Class Dojo as a writing process monitor. 

 I created a class in class dojo for all of my writing students.  When they completed a part of the writing process they came up and gave themselves a point.  This point let me know which step they were on in the process and what day they completed that step.  It has been a huge success for me and my monitoring and the students love seeing their points increase with each step.  I do not have rewards attached to this specific class, but that could also be an option for extra motivation.  

What is your best idea of the day...please share?

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cURRENTLY...

I am linking up with Farley and Oh Boy Fourth Grade for her Currently Linky Party!  It is so much fun to share...can't wait to see what you all are currently doing!

Here is a bit of what I've been up to!

Hope everyone has began a wonderful New Year!!  :)

Dana  :)