SUPER Thankful Link Up

Thanksgiving break CANNOT come soon enough. I WILL be thankful when it arrives and I have the week to relax, spend time with family, and EAT, SHOP and BE MERRY. This time of year makes me reflect on all the things I am thankful for in my life. 
I am linking up with my Primary Powers gals to bring you a Super Thankful Thread Linky.


Words cannot describe how much these people mean to me. They support me, love me and keep me in check. Only people that love you for you, do that for you. I am blessed!

Who would have thought 2 years ago, when I started my little blog and TpT store, that my life would be filled with these amazing ladies? My blogging gals have changed my life ten-fold! They are another support system in my life that I am SO thankful for! Can't imagine it any other way now.

I am SO thankful that I got to be this little girl's mommy for 12 years. She was my first! Unconditional love sums it all up! I miss her terribly but I am so glad she was a part of my life. 


Make sure to head over to Primary Powers, grab the slide and link up with us so we can read what you are thankful for in your life too!
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How To Teach Author's Purpose: It's As Easy as P.I.E.!

Teaching author's purpose is tricky! I refer to it all year long. I have anchor posters on our reading concept board, but it is NOT enough! My students understand entertain. They have a strong understanding of inform. BUT, persuade....that's a toughie! I think it is more abstract to them. We don't really read that many text that specifically persuade a reader. 

So, we hit this topic hard this week. First, we reviewed our author's purpose posters. 

You can grab these posters for FREE in my TpT shop.

Then we got down to work! We made flap books. 


The kids sorted different types of text and glued them under the corresponding author's purpose. The small group discussions were amazing! The kids were trying to convince one another why a certain text belonged with a specific author's purpose. It was awesome to listen to their reasoning and PERSUADE one another to think a certain way. We had a discussion about this afterward.


I don't have a TON of space to display things in my classroom. I put a few flap books up on our concept board, next to our anchor posters. This will allow the kids to use them as reference for other activities we will be doing next week. The rest of the students glued them into their interactive language notebooks. 


You can grab this activity and more in my Author's Purpose Pack.

Have a great week everyone!!!