I’ve been in denial for a few days, but I think I should finally come back to the real world and admit that school starts back up tomorrow {Unless we get snow/cold days. fingers crossed because it just might happen!}
I know my kiddos will be as anxious, out of the loop with routines, and exhausted as me this week, so I wanted to create a fun but meaningful week of lessons!
We will be covering two topics this week: Figurative Language and Sequencing.
I am planning the sequencing for the first few days, then diving into figurative language at the end of the week. This way, if school is cancelled, we won’t be starting half a unit. I will blog about all of the FUN we have with Figurative Language later this week {it is my FAVORITE thing to teach and every year my kiddos write it down as one of their favorite units.}
So how do you teach sequencing to anxious kiddos at a variety of levels? You make it winter themed and fun!
The other day I was spending quality time with my Pinterest board, and discovered this little gem that I pinned a little while ago.

Some great new books for me to check into! I love The Snowy Day of course and The Snow Globe Family! Thank you for all the suggestions. Good luck getting that snow day!
Lori
Conversations in Literacy
I teach 3 different groups of 4th grade ELA and we have our classes grouped similar to the way you do now. It makes such a big difference for everyone! You've got some great ideas for sequencing and those all look like great books! Thanks for the suggestions!
Courtney
Polka Dot Lesson Plans
Such a fun week you have planned! They won't want a snow day! LOL! Your ELA pack looks fantastic! Figurative language is one of my favorites too! We have a big writing test in fourth grade, so we work on figurative language all year. I love all your book choices!
Joanne
Head Over Heels For Teaching
Wow! I can't wait to hear more!!! Your centers turned out great! Thanks for linking up!!
Amanda
They are all great and my kiddos love them! We got TWO COLD days! I am curled up at home now 🙂 Have a great week!
I absolutely love being grouped this way! I feel like I can actually reach ALL of my kiddos 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by!
Haha, thank you! But we got 2 cold days as you know 🙂 I love my new centers and can't wait to use them!! Isn't Figurative Language a blast? Thanks for the comment, friend!
Awe, thank you!! Lessons were pushed back thanks to our 2 cold days (Yippee!!) but we will be diving into Figurative Language next week! 🙂
What a great way to get your kids back into the groove at school! I love all the winter themed books you are using. I am going to have a hard time getting back into the swing of things myself. I am on my 3rd snow day this week! We had an ice day the last day before break, so I have had the longest Christmas vacation ever!
Stephanie
Forever in Fifth Grade