Inspiration & Inquiry

Can I just say how stinkin' excited I am that I just finished making this inquiry unit!! It is awesome for measurement skills especially area and perimeter. My kiddos love inquiry units! They promote creativity, cooperation, exploration and allow them to learn the concept through real-world experiences.This unit is a week long and includes everything you need for your students to create a home blueprint. Click here for my TPT store.

With all of the negativity in this world lately I was so fortunate to attend a PD yesterday that was inspirational, uplifting and gave me so many awesome ideas for my classroom! At the same time, it can be very overwhelming. I now have about 500 things that I want to start doing. First of all, I am totally changing the way I do novel studies. One of the presenters at the PD was Kate Roberts, author of A Novel Approach. I cannot wait to get her book in the mail! She was amazing! I looked at my coworker while Kate was speaking and said "we're starting this on Monday". It has completely changed the way that I am going to approach novel studies and seems like exactly what I needed. If you haven't heard of this book and teach grades 4 and up... I would say give it a go!

K-12 Newsletter Templates

Here is a pack of ALL GRADES newsletter templates K-12. The boxes are able to be typed in when opened as a PDF. TPT click here to purchase.

New Fourth Grade Newsletter!

Hey all! It has been YEARS since I have made a new newsletter. Feeling inspired today to add some new stuff to my TPT store but, since I teach fourth I figured I would do this one as a freebie! Click here to download. The boxes are able to be typed in when you open as a PDF. Requests or questions? Feel free to reach out!

Book Tasting

July is here, and with that I have started getting into my school frame of mind. I had a baby in June and am home with him and my two year old this summer. I'm thinkin' my job is easier during the school year! ;) I love my kiddos but, I do love my school kiddos too! Let the planning begin!! 

I am so excited to start book tastings this year! If you haven't heard of it, there are some really cute examples on Pinterest. I have created a form for my students to use this year when we do our book tastings. I am planning to use this activity to help them choose their literature circle choice as well as to expose them to new books and genres. I am also planning on setting up table cloths and make it look like a real "menu" tasting with "candles" and all! I hope someone else can find use out of this, too!

You can download this resource on TPT here!

First day of school starbursts!

Welcome back to school! Start your students off on a bright note with a fun treat! If you can't do candy I also have a back to school bubble idea with tags! For those click here.

Download starburst tags

Student Newsletter Page

School wide climate is a big push in our school this year. We are hoping to do more school-wide activities and our newsletter is a small start. If your school sends out a newsletter this is a great page to add! Love the idea but want to see different headings? Let me know! I also have a teacher page to fill out if you would like that as well! Click here to download the editable pdf.

Reading Notebooks

Why do we insist on having 12 different notebooks, and folders.... and binders.... blah blah blah. Well this year our fourth grade team streamlined our reading notebooks! I am so excited to use these and I will update this post with more pictures once they get used. For now, feel free to have the dividers I created for this project. We have a reading lesson divider, read aloud divider, and independent reading divider. Also, the background is not white -- that means you can print these on any pretty color!! Let me know if you would like something changed to suit your class and I'd be happy to make it for you!


Independent Reading Tab

Read Aloud Tab

Reading Lesson Tab