On Tuesday we used acrostics to help us better understand our spelling words for the week. A acrostic is when you write a word, or in our case spelling words, vertically and then you associate a term horizontally next to each letter in the word that describes the whole word. Below is an example of…

…go to…Tyler from Mrs. Drake’s Class Kyle from Mrs. Hamm’s Class Colby from my class Mr. McClung

The picture above is my man Louis from the fourth grade. Louis obviously listens to a lot of ZZ Top on Tuesdays, because this young man has made it a habit to wear a suit every week to school….I need to step my game up. As you can see, this week he is sporting a…

Last week my students were given two assignments in communication arts. One was a short story called a “Potato Plot” and the other was a poem called “What If?” Students were asked to perform this task by using Google Docs. Google Docs is a free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allows for users to…

There is nothing quite like feeling of having your fire re-lit from time to time. Ever have those days where you just feel like your passion for your job just isn’t there? I have been feeling this way for the past few weeks and looking for something help me find that passion again in teaching….

As we continue our reading in the book, Number the Stars, it has become very clear that propaganda played an important role in WWII. In order for us to better understand the context of what was going on during this time period, we will be spending the next week studying propaganda. Students will be using…

I am making an early exit this week to head to Osage Beach, Missouri. Myself and two other teachers are heading up today to attend the Missouri Middle School Assication Conference. This conference will be running from Friday to Sunday. I really love attending educational conferences because there are always so many great ideas out…

As a part of our diversity of life unit, today we began our lesson on plant life. To start this lesson off we used lima beans in class today. We took the beans and compared wet vs. dry to see what effects water has on beans. We found that once water is added to a…

In our reading classes this week, we have started a series of books that highlight World War II events. For my reading class we are starting off with a book called Number the Stars by Lois Lowery. This book chronicles the story of ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family. This story takes place in 1943…

Last night marked our St. Jude Fundraiser. St. Jude is a children’s research hospital that specializes in finding cures and saving children from pediatric cancer and other diseases. For our fundraiser this year consisted of basketball game matching up our 5th and 6th grade boys vs. girls. After several weeks of trash talking it all…