TEACHER LIFE | EPISODE 4 - HOW I GET READY FOR A NEW SET OF READING SMALL GROUPS!

[@eyobanion]

I love how efficient, productive, and positive you are in these vlogs! You make me want to be a second grade teacher…or maybe just your aide😂. I learn and get so inspired from all you do- you rock!!

[@abubblyclassroom]

Wow. 🥹🥹 Thank you so much!! I would LOVE to have an aide!! Bring it on! 🤣 I keep hoping one of these years I will get to have a student teacher at least, I think it would be so fun!

[@michellemp1626]

Great vlog!!! Your intro clip with the name of your channel and outtro clip are awesome, so colorful, and fun! 😊

[@abubblyclassroom]

Thank you!! It is new! Was playing around with some Canva templates finally - everyone is right, canva is awesome!

[@michellemp1626]

@@abubblyclassroom you're welcome!!!

[@melissanewton239]

Love all your content! ❤

[@lettyb5344]

I really appreciate the way you explain everything. Have a great week! ♥️

[@abubblyclassroom]

Thank you!!! I hope you have a fabulous week too! 🤍🤍

[@kristyguest8443]

Once again, an awesome video! I just love the whole idea of the school dens!! I would like to try this in my school to bring on the school spirit! We definitely need some! Are they called dens because your school mascot is a bear or something? I was thinking we could pair up with our assigned partner classes. :) Also, do you have anyplace where you talk about your whole day and how you fit everything in? We don't have a reading curriculum, which is frustrating. It would really make planning small groups and whole group easier, as well as so many other things. Any tips? LOL

[@berdinevisagie4405]

Hi from south Africa. I have the same top...love it.

[@abubblyclassroom]

Hey from the US! Thank you for being here!! My RA (resident assistant) for my college dorm was from South Africa! It looks so beautiful there! 😍

[@kristijacquishickson8044]

Can you do a video that explains how you do wonders or which parts of wonder you use?

[@abubblyclassroom]

Will do!! 🤗

[@christinedevore9372]

Love your earring!! ❤

[@abubblyclassroom]

Thank you!! 🤗🤍

[@smilingapple123]

Love the size of your class!!

[@abubblyclassroom]

Me too!! I am so lucky! 🤍

[@lauras731]

Thank you for sharing! The puzzle activity looks fun!

[@abubblyclassroom]

It was awesome! Definitely going to use again!

[@bobbigravatt8555]

I would love to see what you do for science and social studies.

[@abubblyclassroom]

I can show more of that! 🤗

[@wendyhoward2699]

Great video! Blessings.

[@abubblyclassroom]

Thank you! You too! 🤍🤍🤍

[@ClaudiaSanchez-1991]

I didn’t know you taught third also!! I teach 6th grade and use Wonder in Spanish but I don’t get to do that much!! Our weeks are 6 days long at the most!! I love the one sheet you have with the unit and the things you are doing for that week, is it your template or Wonders, never seen it in my program?

[@abubblyclassroom]

We have definitely had to scale back because we feel the same way! Wonders gives SO much! I got them on TPT - love them! Here is the link to all of her 6th grade Wonders stuff: bit.ly/3ZbYVs8

[@ClaudiaSanchez-1991]

@@abubblyclassroom thank you!!!

[@alexandreawalpole88]

Where did you get the papers you put on your clipboards with the little readers that come with wonders? Is that something you typed up ?

[@abubblyclassroom]

I did! They are free on my blog here: bit.ly/45F7ddV

[@anabelmorales1338]

You are so organized! My goal is to stay organized and on top of things but I also feel like all my days conference time and after school have been taken with meetings. How many days do you plan with your team?

[@abubblyclassroom]

It definitely feels like that for us a lot too, especially at the beginning of the year! We meet once a week after school for PLC (focused more around curriculum, common assessments, etc.), then we have a grade level meeting (housekeeping stuff, review plans for following week, field trip discussions, etc.) during planning once a week.

[@annetteweber1684]

What edition of Wonders do you use? I teach 3rd grade and our edition is set up for 5 days. It's way too much to accomplish in one week.

[@abubblyclassroom]

I think we have 2020? Both our 2nd and 3rd are 10 day text sets!

[@annetteweber1684]

Thank you! Ours is an older edition. With only 5 days to complete the material, and also fit in 95% Core Phonics, I feel like we can never dive deeply into the material and accomplish everything needed. Do you utilize the online component of Wonders?@@abubblyclassroom

[@mariamihm7817]

What do you have your students work on while you are teaching small reading groups and is this your first year teaching both second and third?

[@abubblyclassroom]

Not my first year - I have taught both most years I have been teaching actually! When I meet with reading groups, the rest of my students always have a list of things to do, then choices for when they are done. I keep that displayed on a PPT slide so they can always refer back to it. Typically a mix of things depending on where we are in the unit: vocabulary practice in their wonders workbook for our current vocabulary, I assign them work on McGraw Hill from our current unit, I assign lessons on iReady Reading, they may have to partner read our anchor text with someone in their group, independent reading, etc.

[@mariamihm7817]

@@abubblyclassroom you make it seem to easy. I know it’s hard to teach 2 grade levels and different standards. Love your channel. It offers so much inspiration and motivation. During difficult times it just gives me something to look forward too. I appreciate your feedback and would like to incorporate some of your ideas. I used to have wonders. Now we have Benchmark Advance. I am not a fan of this new series. We’ll have a great school year. Enjoyed the chat! 🤗

[@katrinagraham2498]

I’ve missed something. Why are you teaching second and third grade reading?

[@abubblyclassroom]

LOL! I do most years actually! I never really talk about it because I figured there were VERY few who would relate or care to know how it works. Surprisingly quite a few people have mentioned they do the same so I thought I would start to share a little more about how we make it work! My county allows students to progress a year ahead when they show mastery of grade level content in math/reading. So instead of having them walk up to the next grade, sometimes a teacher just teaches both. I usually volunteer to do it since I’m used to it!

[@mariaMayAugOct]

Can you please talk a lot louder I have my volume up and still can’t hear you

[@abubblyclassroom]

Sorry! I am typically the first one in the building, so it feels weird to talk any louder. 🤣