Adverb Comparison Cards

I think I finally have my head above water here in the fourth grade...well maybe just a little bit.  It's been a long year in the fourth grade.  We've now completed the reading portion of our state test.  It's online this year--what fun (sarcasm)

We are getting to the half way point in our adverb unit, and I put together this little comparison assessment so that I could see if my students were getting when to use -er, -est, more, or most.  I hope you find it useful as well.  It's just a quick way to evaluate.

Adverb Comparisons

Wanting a late start and a SaLe!

Brr!!! It's been so cold here off and on for the last couple of weeks----  it was -23 yesterday and with the wind a balmy -38ish.   My school has been holding tough on late starts due to cold so far, unlike the neighboring schools (insert sad face here)... there's something about a late start that makes me do the "teacher dance".

Anyway, like many teachers out there I too plan on having a sale in my TpT store tomorrow.  I don't have much yet, but a sale is a sale no matter how many products in the store. :)

I'm off to fill my cart with some things that I would love to have for my classroom.  Hope you find some treasures too.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Simply-Fourth

Back to blogging_ I hope

Well, it's been awhile!  I have a pretty good class this year, but I have since the end of November gained three new students in my classroom. Giving me the grand total of 36 kids!! (Insert a lot more exclamation marks here to show what I really think of this number :(  This number is an insane number and is kicking my you know what.  On top of that large number,  7 of the students are special needs students, 3 of which have full time aides-WoW!! Adjustments have been made to the day to help with this large number of 36--thank goodness.  But  36 is still 36 no matter which way you look at it.  So please forgive me due to the lack of posts as some nights I am simply doing nothing once I've taken care of my own family.

Anyway, this week dictionary work has been the focus.  The students are working in groups of two with a dictionary looking up prewritten statements to determine if the statement can be answered by using a dictionary such as, "What is the plural form of iris?"  "What it the average temperature in Minnesota?"and so on.  My plan is to focus on the dictionary off and on for the next two weeks  for a total of about 4-5 days.  I'm working on a mini unit involving sample dictionary pages.  I'll post a few sample pages for you to try out in the next few days if all goes according to plan. :O)

See you soon.