Buddyin' Up & a Currently....

It's Saturday, which means it's time to link up with 

my super sweet friend, Joanne,

from Head Over Heels for Teaching

 for Spark Student Motivation Saturdays.

I live in a pod settin'.

My very best friend in the whole wide world

teaches next door to me.

 She teaches 3rd and I teach 5th.

We have an accordion wall that separates our class.

It is never fully closed all the way.

We suffer from separation anxiety.

We buddy up almost every day for a quick activity.

This week we buddied up for a speakin' & listenin' activity

which then turned into a buddy writin' activity.

 3rd Grade buddies read their question card

to their 5th Grade buddy.

After readin', they discussed their answers

with one another.

Then they began writin' their responses together.

The 3rd Graders look up to the 5th Graders...

BIG time!

We have many discussions about bein' wonderful

role-models for their buddies.

I believe buddyin' up is SO beneficial

for both groups of students.

I definitely know they each take away

somethin' positive from their experiences

with one another. 

When one or the other does somethin' 

spectacular, you might hear one of us say,
"Go show your buddy!"
When they are gone to special area,
we use their computers or spread out in their classroom.
Vice versa.
There really are no boundaries.
It's amazin' even what the "little" kids
often teach my "big" kids.

Overall, partnerin' between students

creates an essential motivation component

of our learnin' environment.

Some examples of our buddy partnerin' up:

  

 If the leprechaun was your teacher, what would 

he/she teach you?

If you found a pot of gold, what would you spend the gold on?

Spring Question Cards by Double Trouble

These are still on sale until 3/2.

 Happy St. Patrick's Day Questions

 Happy Spring Questions

Happy Easter Questions

I've also decided to link up with Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade

for March's Currently:

Listenin': To my stomach grumble.  I'm pretty sure it's

past my feedin' time.

Lovin': That I got to sleep in this mornin'.  This will keep me from 

havin' to nap today!

Thinkin': I am attendin' a weddin' at the end of March in Georgia.

I seriously need to get on bookin' the room. 

Maybe the area won't be as busy as ours with Spring Break. 

Wantin': I NEED an unlimited life-time gift card to Jane.com.

I'm assumin' it's not always a good thing when you get a package

in the mail...every.single.day.

I can't stop.

Needin': I need an extra weekend day...every week.

Do you know how productive I could be with a three day weekend?

I would be Super Ali.

???:  Diet Coke, lightning, butterflies

I have given you three possible answers...now you have

to guess the correct question.

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Happy Saturday friends!