Guest Poster Emily: Summer Books to Read

Summer Reads That Make You Go Hmmm...Hi Everyone!  It's Emily from I Love My Classroom.    I know you aren't used to seeing me over here on All Things Upper Elementary, butit's really true!  I get to come and visit today.  :)Today is a huge day for me - it's the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!  I'mnot trying to rub it in, I'm just really really excited!I wanted to share some helpful "teacher" books that I've read before and...

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One of those Weeks...

Yep, we all have them. Just one of those weeks where everything is on your plate and something has to give. Well this week it had to be my scheduled blog post about "Making Time for INBs". Quite fitting if you think about it.Some of you may know my mother was recently diagnosed with Lymphoma. Last Friday she had her second round of chemo treatments and the week after is always the "bad time". Since my father is a teacher as well, and I am able to...

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Vertebrates Unit: Classifying Animals

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Change the World...One Lesson at a Time

ATUE friends: I have entered the blogosphere. Cue the celebratory applause! (From myself. Woohoo!) I'm late to the blogging game, but I've loved getting my feet wet here at ATUE and loooooove reading the fabulous posts at my fellow collaborators' own blogs. I'm so excited to jump in myself!On my first day ever as a teacher, my principal said something that stuck with me. He said that teaching is a huge responsibility, but with responsibility comes...

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Guest Poster Tammi Booth: The Reading Writing Connection

www.thebalancedclassroom.blogspot.com   Hello! I am honored to be a guest at All Things Upper Elementary. I hope that you will find my post helpful.   Reading makes you a better writer. Writing makes you a better reader. This seems simple enough. However, when it comes to time constraints, writing usually ends up on the short end of the stick. Experience has shown me the important role writing can play in the development of a...

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Free 4 All Linky Party!

As many of us are wrapping up our school years and counting down the precious days left until Summer, this is the perfect time to start thinking about next year! Feel free to grab some of today's FREEBIES, share some of your own and let us know in the comments how many days left YOU have until school is over!  And now....ON TO THE LINKY! Below, you'll find a treasure trove of free resources for grades 3-6. Link up your own free items...

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MobyMax It Up!

First off, to all of you who are already on summer break or will be in a few days, congrats! You made it through another school year! For those of you who still have a ways to go, hang in there, it will be here before you know it (yeah, right, I know), and spend some time with us at ATUE for some engaging ideas and activities you can use with your students while you survive enjoy the last few weeks of your school year.First, let us preface this post...

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Making the connection between literature and math (part 1)

The school year is winding down, next year’s teaching assignments are being handed out, and teachers are being asked to use up what little bit of money that is left in the budget.   As the head of the math department at my school, I often get asked about “non-classroom supply’ purchases for the math classroom.  Usually, my first go to is any type of hands-on manipulative – unfortunately these are usually too expensive for the teacher...

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Book Share: A Cat Named Haiku

About three years ago, my husband and I made the trip to the Collingswood Book Festival in New Jersey. It was an amazing afternoon filled with new book treasures just waiting to be found. There were so many authors and illustrators there, and it was such a rewarding experience to meet the talented people who actually created the books I was purchasing for my classroom. The autographed copies I now own ARE treasures in my classroom, and my students...

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Teachers Helping Teachers--and Animals?

I know what you are thinking . . . she's crazy.  Or, perhaps, you are thinking--at this time of year, my students are "animal enough" for me!  I get it!  I wanted to share with you something that has been eating away at me for a while, and I finally decided to act on it!Two years ago, I finally convinced my husband to let us adopt a "rescue kitty" from a new organization in our community dedicated to not only saving animals, but educating...

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