I don't know about you, but these last few days of summer are flying by for me! I came back to my classroom yesterday to start working for the upcoming school year, and I think I'm pretty close to having it set up the way I want. Please don't ask me about my plans for the first week of school though...
In an effort to procrastinate from organizing my filing cabinet, and putting away the rest of the mess I've made getting my classroom ready I thought I'd pop in and tell you all about a couple of units I've been working on this summer. One thing I struggle with every year is grammar. For me it is one of those things that I just don't LOVE, so I have to rally to teach grammar to my kiddos. Obviously it is so important to have good grammar, but at times the instruction of grammar can be a little... how do we say... boring? My goal this summer was to create some grammar units that not only taught my students, but were FUN to teach and learn. I have two units that I'm really proud of that I'm so excited to share with all of you!
The first is my collective nouns unit.
Collective nouns are definitely one of those things that my students struggle with every year. I think it is because there is just so much memorization when it comes to collective nouns. Enter this unit; I have made it heavy on the center games (hello engagement!), and I have included one of my favorite things ever - a collective noun alphabet book! I am so excited to see some of the drawings my kiddos come up with to complete the alphabet book.
My second unit that I created is a proper noun unit.
Again, proper nouns seem to be one of those things that my kiddos need reminders about all year long. I made this unit with TONS of interactive notebooks pages for my students to refer back to all year. I also included lots of fun games, and a super fun craftivity that I'm so excited to hang on the walls in the hallway this fall.
I suppose I should probably get back to organizing my papers considering I am currently blogging from a desk that looks like this...
I tell myself every year that I will keep my desk clean, aaaaaand three days into the school year it looks like this, womp womp. I have a feeling this year is going to be the year, the fourth time's the charm! I will be back tomorrow with an update of my (hopefully) completed classroom - I am so excited to show it off, also my desk WILL be clean tomorrow ;-).
A little sneak peak of my classroom...
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| My bulletin boards for anchor charts |
I hope you are all have a fantastic last few days of summer if you are still on break, and if you're back in school I hope you are finding some time to relax and put your feet up after those long first few days!
Tell me...
1. Are you a person who's desk is always clean, if so, how!?
2. Are you a desk is messy despite your best efforts type of a person? If so please comment below and make me feel better ;-)
3. What is your one area that you feel like you struggle to teach every year?
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