A Teaspoon of Teaching: February 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

Point of View

Point of View flow chart plus a 10-passage worksheet where students must justify their answer. $

Point of View Anchor Chart by The Pinspired Teacher -sticky notes are for students to find examples out of their own books to add to the chart. Meets standard R. 4.6 for #CommonCore http://thepinspiredteacher.blogspot.com/

Free Point of View Posters....Follow for Free "too-neat-not-to-keep" teaching tools & other fun stuff :)

Just click on the photo to download and print.

Just click on the photo to download and print.

Using movie trailers to teach

Point of View

Here's a hands-on, creative way for your students to practice identifying the four main points of view as they read! Students read four short passages and identify which point of view the author used in each story. The points of view include: First Person Second Person Third Person Limited Third Person Omniscient http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-of-View-Craftivity-Present-ing-Different-Points-of-View-766057

This blog post describes an ENGAGING lesson for teaching the differences between the main points of view in literature! Your students will definitely remember this lesson that includes a role play and writing from each point of view. FREE download of complete lesson!

#FREEBIE BY THE PINSPIRED TEACHER Character Selfies! Do your students have a cell phone? If they do, chances are they take "selfies" (photos of themselves) all the time. Turn this favorite pastime into an activity that will strengthen their comprehension skills! Not to mention, you will be one cool teacher for these 21st century kids! Examples of when to take character selfies: Guided reading Literature circles Independent reading response Response to a class read aloud

Point of View Task Cards: 32 Paragraph Cards for First and

My favorite children’s book of 2012, Wonder, has a new companion: an e-book, out this week, called The Julian Chapter. In 86 pages, it tells the story of Wonder from the point of view of the bad kid in the book—the bully. The hero of Wonder, if you haven’t had...

Ms. Fultz's Corner: The Day The Crayons Quit writing idea (FREE printables included). It's great for teaching friendly letters and point of view!

from Lindsay Flood "Mrs. Flood's Friends" on TPT **CHECK OUT THE 16 PAGE DOWNLOAD PREVIEW!**Here is a super fun, and engaging mini-unit to introduce, or simply review elements of Point of View...

What did the character see? Draw the scene in the center of the eye...directions given

Good mentor text for modeling point of view, for how to use context clues to figure out new words, and for using inference skills to predict and revise predictions about the plot

using _mighty jackie_ to teach about point of view, close reading, compare & contrast

fairy tales, told by the 'other' character in the story. Boy, these are a hoot! What a great way to teach point of view!

List of Story Books for Boys and Girls... to keep them laughing and loving to read! #fairytales #girls

You've heard of the Story of Rapunzel, but every story has two sides... Here's the other side of the story... #books

Point of View -- Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!: The Story of Little Red Riding Hood as Told by the Wolf

Point of View -- Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Currently February

Our current unit in math is all about fractions. I have including some links to videos, games, and freebies that are useful below. Here is the unit overview...

Click on the pics to view videos, play games, and visit blogs to read more about what we're learning.

$Here's an anchor chart on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.$

$add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators Common Core Math 5.NF.1 Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)$

Classifying Triangles Anchor Chart (Although technically, scalene, isosceles, and equilateral can refer to sides OR angles. For ex, a triangle with angles of 45, 45, 90 is also isosceles.)

I like the idea of gluing artifacts into the math journal (Runde's Room had the idea).

Angles in Real Life- Gym Addition

In ELA, we are working on Main Idea and Details and will be moving on to Poetry, Drama and Prose. Again, I've included some goodies...

Week 3- main idea and key details This is a great poster to hang up to help students understand main idea.

Find the Main Idea with Non-Fiction Texts Winter Edition *

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Super Bowl Sale for Make-A-Wish and a Giveaway

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