The 1st 6 Weeks is Fading...

It's not in my rearview mirror yet, but it's fading.... FAST!
I have gotten my feet wet in this new school, and we're off and running. My students and I have learned our new surroundings, and we're getting into a routine.
We started out the year by reviewing the parts of speech and re-visiting the writing steps. We are now working on making our sentences a little more complex, so that our personal narratives are not choppy. They flow nicely and tie ideas together with good transitional words.

I'm working on a lesson that provides rubrics and checklists for self-evaluation and peer-editing. Be looking for it in the nexr few days!!! In the meantime, check out some of the graphic organizers I have in my TpT Store & T.N. Shop!

Now, I need to get to work on my literacy stations! AHHH!!!

Happy Teaching!

Falling For Fall

Cooler temps, rain, falling leaves...they are all signs that change is near, and it gives me a burst of energy! I can already see visions of candy corn and pumpkin goodies dancing in my head!

I need to get in my attic and pull out all my Fall decorations to get me inspired to create some fun, Autumn lessons!

While I work on those, check out these FREE flahscards I made on www.Quizlet.com to review those Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes!

Latin Roots:
http://quizlet.com/13637382/familiarize/embedv2/?hideLinks

Greek Roots:
http://quizlet.com/13637636/familiarize/embedv2/?hideLinks

Latin and Greek Prefixes:
http://quizlet.com/13638462/familiarize/embedv2/?hideLinks

Latin and Greek Suffixes:
http://quizlet.com/13639035/familiarize/embedv2/?hideLinks

My TpT Store:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Heart-Middle

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My Teacher's Notebook Shop:
www.http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/IHEARTMIDDLE


Grab "Roots and Affixes Bingo","Back-to-School Forms and ELAR Activities" and "Things I Learned the Hard Way: Classroom Management Ideas..." to review those back-to-school objectives and MORE!!!

Happy Teaching!

Back to School!

Hi, Teacher Friends!

I'm back at work...at a new campus...in a new school district...and I LOVE IT!!!

My students are so super cute, and I adore them already! They want to give hugs, and they are helpful and respectful. It's heaven! I know we're in the honeymoon phase, but I hope it stays this way! :)

I've had very little time to create new lessons, but I have been putting to use my station rotation schedule that I have on TpT and T.N. I also plan to use my ELAR student notebooks item, and I've used lots of stuff from my Classroom Management product to get my classroom organized. I hope you can use these! They saves lots of time and energy down the road!

Link to my Teachers-Pay-Teachers Store:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Heart-Middle

Link to my Teacher's Notebook Shop:

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/IHEARTMIDDLE

Don't forget the Roots and Affixes Bingo game! I'll be using that in a few days to review my students:

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/IHEARTMIDDLE/roots-and-affixes-bingo

Good luck this year!!!!

Happy Teaching!
Brande :)