It's been quite a long hiatus, but for the best possible reason ever. Though I continued teaching full-time, my blog, TPT, and my photography all took a back seat. Encouraged by a new year, I am celebrating my two and half year old twins with gradually returning to creativity and blogging about all of my passions. They remain my top passion, however! These two are so much fun!
So, with this new energy, I am jumping back in. At school, we are currently assessing our ESOL students with the ACCESS test. I am excited to return to instructional time to review all that we've learned this year as well as create awesome independent centers while we do a novel study of
Holes in 4th and 5th grade.
It is officially Valentine's Day, and TPT is having a sale. What a perfect opportunity to post my latest creations!
I love teaching ESOL students with images and videos. I feel that it adds that extra needed dimension to understanding, but it also makes for a fun sorting activity as well as lesson extension. Capture the Nonfiction Text Structure has images and cards that can be sorted in a small group. This will offer a chance to practice the standard, but also increase the chance for speaking and using academic-based language! This is always critical for EL students.
Of course, I wanted to create something for Valentine's Day. Cutting it close, here, folks! I enjoy this activity so much. I already have a St. Patrick's Day made that I use in class, but I am excited to use this Valentine's Day Sentence Scramble in my class tomorrow. I plan to print two copies and pit 2 teams against each other for a healthy classroom competition! If you want to get really crazy, spread the sentences around the school with the next destination attached. As students unscramble the sentence correctly, they can go around the school property until they return back to the classroom. So much fun, and kids get moving.
More to come folks, including a peek into how I do a novel study with student blogging, and how I creatively prepare students for our end-of-year assessment. Just to keep myself accountable to this promise of creativity, I may even post some of my photography. Please click on my logo below to keep up with my musings in Facebook and updated snapshots of goings-on in my classroom!
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Ciao everyone!
