Fall Archives - Mrs. Russell's Room

September Morning Work for First

Tamara — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 02:38:10 +0000

Setting up procedures at the beginning of the year is tough. There’s lots of different schools of thought on what to do. For me personally, I find that morning work is a great way to squeeze in some review and set up the classroom for learning from bell to bell. I created these for my...

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Take A Closer Look: November

Tamara — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Fluency is a passion of mine! I love writing passages for my students! Today, we’re going to take a peek at two of my fluency sets that get tons of use and love in my room. Let’s take a closer look at my November Fluency for Seconds & Bridge the Gap for Firsties {FALL EDITION}...

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Teach It Up: The First Week

Tamara — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:00:06 +0000

I just finished up my plans for the first week of school and I thought I’d share what I am doing with my own kids! If it is your first time to my blog, welcome! I am a third grade teacher in Florida! One of the things I want to commit to this school year...

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Teaching Communities to Third Graders

Tamara — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 01:14:36 +0000

I love teaching social studies! There’s such a beauty in being able to share not only our past but current structures and issues. In this unit, I’ll be teaching my students about communities. Of course, when you’re looking at communities, you teach urban, rural, and suburban. I wanted to take my unit a bit further....

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Introducing Columbus to Third Graders

Tamara — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:37:14 +0000

Integrating your writing instruction with other core subject areas is a great way to help students process through information. This year, to kick of informational writing, I’ve integrated social studies, writing and reading, to help students develop a deeper understanding of how to distinguish their own perspective from that of an author. We’ve been...

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November Fun in First

Tamara — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:00:36 +0000

I’ve had folks ask me how I come up with ideas for resources for my learners. I would tell you that 90% of the ideas come from actually trying to solve a problem in my room. Hence…the character series I started two years ago. I had some students that really needed to work on responding...

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Back to School Fun in Third

Tamara — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:00:02 +0000

Hello everyone! I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from the blog. As many of you know, I transferred schools and grade levels this year! What a whirlwind! I’m doing a different type of class this year and I’m excited about working with the young men that will be in my third grade classroom....

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Veteran’s Day Activities

Tamara — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 20:00:00 +0000

So many men and women have supported our country over the years. It’s important for us to thank them for their service and to tell our students their stories. One of my favorite stories to read to my students on Veteran’s Day is Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops. It’s a book by Jill Biden. Every...

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All About Apples

Tamara — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 06:34:00 +0000

One of my passions is integration! I really love digging into one topic and letting that topic bleed into all of my other disciplines. I do apple math, apple writing, apple science…you name it…I integrate it! 🙂 We are a STEAM school so, I have to try to coordinate some of the activities with STEAM...

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Five things I did with my apple unit

Tamara — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone! Today, I’m linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for her weekly Five for Friday Linkup! This week, we celebrated learning about apples! 🙂 I was super excited to introduce STEAM stations to my students and parents! Our school has been a STEAM school for two years. We try to incorporate STEAM style activities as...

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Grandparent’s Day Fun in Mrs. Russell’s Room

Tamara — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Today I’d like to talk to you about a celebration that is near and dear to my heart! Grandparent’s Day! 🙂 These two fine folk above are MY grands! 🙂 Both are now, of course, with the Lord…but while they were around, they were a hoot! 🙂 My granddad was really great with numbers and...

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Wonders Supplements for Fall

Tamara — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Over the past two years, my sweet friend Tammy from The Resourceful Apple and I have been working on supplemental units to compliment our Wonders reading series. We have used the products in our classrooms and shared what works and what doesn’t. We have come to the point where I honestly don’t know how I...

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The first week

Tamara — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone! 🙂 I’m excited to begin a new year of teaching…my sixth in first grade! 🙂 I love the back to school season! Everything is so clean and fresh! 🙂 I get to meet all the kids and feel all their wonderful 5 & 6 year old energy and it is the perfect cure...

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What to plan for during preplanning

Tamara — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Ahh….pre-planning… The one week each year that inspires both joy and anxiety, all in the same thought. I love coming back every year, but…I DON’T love cleaning. I don’t love meetings. I don’t love minutia! It seems that one of my favorite times of the year is always cluttered with these things, and this year,...

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Keeping your COOL during Back to School

Tamara — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

I love my job, I really, really do…and for the most part, I’m super excited to hit the ground running…but, the reality is, there are lots of things that are making schools around the country a tough place to go back to. Teachers have more work to do that has nothing to do with actual...

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