Common core Archives - Mrs. Russell's Room

The Aspects of Rigor

Tamara — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:51:58 +0000

One of the most important shifts I've grown in over the years is understanding what rigor looks like in math. We talk a lot these days about rigor, but the application of it is sometimes still a struggle. Let's talk about what it looks like in practice rather than in theory.

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Breaking Down the Standards with Primary Learners

Tamara — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:58:00 +0000

One of the things that I have become more passionate about over the years is digging into the standards. I’ve always been a standards based teacher, but in the last six years, I think I’ve worked on taking what I already do to a new level. My old grade chair left our school two years...

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SDE New England PreK – 3 Conference

Tamara — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:20:00 +0000

Happy Tuesday to ya! I’m writing from 30,000 ft. in the air! I just left Baltimore and I am headed home. I was so excited about the conference I wanted to share my takeaways and a few things that I shared with the folks who came to see me. Training for SDE while still being...

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High Engagement Activity

Tamara — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:59:00 +0000

You know, sometimes, as a teacher, you have this fun idea and you just want to try it out and see if it will work? Well, this was one of those ideas. Sometimes, it doesn’t come with a cute worksheet or anything, We just use what we have, make sure that the kids are engaged...

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Third Grade Fluency

Tamara — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:00:00 +0000

I’ve been writing fluency passages for the last four years. I never really dreamed that it would help so many teachers across the country, but it has, and I am truly grateful. I’ve been asked many times over the years to provide fluency for third grade and I’ve said no. Largely because it would take...

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Combining the Content with Cute: The S’mores Edition

Tamara — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 21:00:00 +0000

This is the second installment in a series of posts that I call, Combining the Content with the Cute. The first was on gingerbread. If you want to check it out, click HERE. Today, we explore S’MORES! I love setting goals with my littles! I find that it helps them to know where they are,...

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Combining the Content with the Cute: Gingerbread Edition

Tamara — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:00:00 +0000

So, some of you may know that for the majority of my career I was an intermediate teacher. When I started TPT, it was my first year back in first grade after a loooong absence. When I got back down to primary, I became really passionate about setting the proper foundation for my students. I...

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Fire Safety Week among other things…

Tamara — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 08:00:00 +0000

Happy Sunday to you all! 🙂 I am back with another installment of Hosted by DeeDee Wills of Mrs. Wills’ Kindergarten. This past week was so full! I handed out my first progress reports this week and had a slew of conferences.Our team weights our grades, so I prepared this progress report for my kids....

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Complex Text Read Alouds: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

Tamara — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:04:00 +0000

I am so excited about my brand new complex text unit on the first grade exemplar text Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. This is a great book to use to teach about language, inflectional endings and relevant details. One of the things I love about this unit is the text coding. You can make it...

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Differentiated Fluency for Firsties

Tamara — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

***I’ve added this post to a linky on Building Fluency…if you’d like to check out other ideas on fluency…please check out the linky at Growing Firsties! Really great stuff there, friends! Just click on the Growing Firsties link to go straight to the post.*** So here we go! 🙂 I am so...

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Goin’ Batty for Halloween

Tamara — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:00:00 +0000

That’s me on the left, and Leslie on the right! 🙂 Leigh from the Applicious Teacher is in the middle! 🙂 Happy Halloween Season Everyone! 🙂 I’ve been busy working on this fun bat/Halloween themed unit for my classroom! I contacted Leslie who also has a bat themed writing unit out and asked her if...

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Common Core Chat: Breaking Down the Standards

Tamara — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Happy Back to School season to you all! 🙂 I have been in my classroom for the last few days and it feels really great to be back! 😉 Some of you may just be getting started with learning about Common Core…some of you may already be ‘old hat’.:) Today’s installment of our Chat is...

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Back to School Blog Hop!

Tamara — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Welcome friends! I’ve gathered together a few of my bloggy friends from Florida to do a hoppy two-fer! 🙂 We’re sharing our new back to school products on our blogs and some brand spanking new BACK TO SCHOOL FREEBIES on our Facebook fan pages! 🙂 So, here is how things are going to work… I...

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Breaking Down Standards & Using Rubrics

Tamara — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 18:00:00 +0000

One of the things I’m most passionate about is learning everything that I can about common core! I love breaking down the standards and aligning things to meet the new challenges! I’m having a lot of fun learning with my team mates at work and I’m happy to share what we are learning together with...

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Quick As A Cricket Unit

Tamara — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Yesterday I posted a message on my blog about sharing my post to enter a giveaway of my new baseball centers! Thanks for following me and reading all about my adventures:) Mail, ladies! 🙂 XOXO So, some of my bloggy sisters have been gettin’ after me about my lack of enthusiasm for Pinterest. The only...

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