LMB Literacy
Teaching fifth grade, writing, and developing products for you to use in your classroom and mine is
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“Go put the stuffed chicken back in the reading corner.”
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the teacher mamas out there! Whether you have your own or consider your students your babies, we celebrate you today! 🌸🌺
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I LOVE using the RACE strategy in my writing classroom for so many reasons. Fifth graders often have a difficult time visualizing constructed response. This strategy has been a game-changer in how I teach response to text.
Read the blog post below on why you need to be teaching this strategy ASAP!
https://lmbliteracy.com/2019/10/19/why-you-need-to-be-teaching-the-r-a-c-e-writing-strategy/
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✏️📚Seven writing ideas for the first week of school PLUS freebies NEW on the blog! It’s never to early to plan that first week and get it out of your mind so you can enjoy the summer sun ☀️ 📚 ✏️
Check out the blog post here:
https://lmbliteracy.com/2019/07/10/7-writing-ideas-for-the-first-week-of-school/
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✏️ 📚 Seven back to school writing ideas PLUS freebies new on my blog 📚 ✏️ Never too early to get the first week of school planned and out of your head! Link in profile 🍎
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Rainy days are for listening to the kids bang around upstairs while I try to get some work done. 💻
Is it raining where you are? ☔️
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Only the cool teachers go through the obstacle courses with their students on field day and tackle big yellow mats like a boss 💪🏼
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Love this reminder...I’m always dreaming... anyone else set crazy high goals for themselves? Or have dreams that they feel like will come true if they keep working at it? Maybe it’s the in me 😉
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One week from today! But who is counting?!
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✏️ Thank you for these awesome end of the year backpacks! Perfect for my fifth grade writing friends! Check them out in my profile link! 🥰 ✏️ 📓
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🌟Needed this today! Hope it helps someone else too!🌟
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☀️Counting down the days until the only thing we are packing in the morning is our stuff for the beach☀️
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🖍🌟These sentence strips were a lifesaver for my ELLs this year. Can’t wait to use them this summer with my daughter going into kindergarten! 🖍🌟 Link In profile!
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☀️ Trying to find creative ways to keep your children writing this summer? Check out my latest blog post for some fun ideas! ☀️Link in profile 🖍
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👔 let’s not forget our dads! Check out this Father’s Day set I use every year with my students using my original poem “Daddies are for Catching spiders.” 🕷🕸Many options available including blank also! Tap the link in bio! 💙
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🌴 I know I have to take my Amazon Rainforest tree down but I’m so proud of it I just don’t want to! 🐆 Wahhhh 😫
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🌟 I also have yet to share my exciting news with you all! After a lot of research and thought, I submitted a rather sizable flexible seating project to Donors Choose. My project was fully funded! I'm still working out the logistics but we are getting a great handle on flexible seating in our classroom and I am so greatful to all of our generous donors! More pics to come soon! 🌟📚🛋
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🌟 I also have yet to share my exciting news with you all! After a lot of research and thought, I submitted a rather sizable flexible seating project to Donors Choose. My project was fully funded! I'm still working out the logistics but we are getting a great handle on flexible seating in our classroom and I am so greatful to all of our generous donors! More pics to come soon! 🛋 📚 🌟
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🌟Just added these figurative language personification poems to my store in time for some fun activities to get you through to !🌟 🖍📚
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I know I’ve been MIA from Instagram mainly because the end of the year has been a complete whirlwind of activities. Including this International night that our Parent Engagement committee put on last week. We worked so hard and it was the most amazing night! I plan to keep sharing more now that we are winding down and the year is coming to a close! Thanks to all my followers that have been patient while a took a little break 🥰
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Finished and added set one of my Figurative Language Poems to my store today! Need some great visual poetry to teach personification? Try these personification poems to help guide your students in a fun and creative way.
🎨Each poem comes with a set of four comprehension questions.
Click here to check them out👇
http://bit.ly/30wpWrF
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Welcoming an ESL newcomer can be an overwhelming experience for all involved. I definitely don’t have all the answers, but I do have a few tips that might make it a little easier for you! Tap the link in profile for some ideas!
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Time’s ticking! Tpt is having their sale and LMB Literacy is 20 percent off today and tomorrow! With an additional 5 percent off using promo code TICKTOCK at checkout. Don’t miss out! link in profile ✏️
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Snow days are for experiments 🧫 🧪 🧬 ❄️
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My ESL mega bundle is up in my store! Packed with all you need to teach your ELLs speaking, reading, and writing! Link in profile ✏️
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Quick, easy, no prep Valentine’s Day activity for your students! 💕
Valentine's Day Poem and Cards by LMB Literacy on Teachers Pay Teachers
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentine-s-Day-Poem-and-Cards-4321140
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New on the blog! I’m not a peer editing master, but I have found some great ways to help make the process run smoothly. Check out these 7 tips 😀 link in profile ✏️
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My book bin labels have been such a lifesaver staying organized in my classroom library this year! What is one organizational item you can’t live without? Check the link in my bio to view these labels with genre definitions! 📚