Word Wall Wizard {Freebie}

July 11, 2016 by ·

This is my all time favorite sight word game. The kids beg to play it! I read Word Wizard at the beginning of the year to introduce the activity. We play this game every Friday to review the sight words introduced from the week and all year. We all cozy up in the library…since that’s […]

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Mush Mush Readers

July 3, 2016 by ·

As you all know, I am going to be teaching TK next year. TK stands for “transitional kindergarten”, which is basically for those kiddos that come to K that are right on the cutoff but their parents don’t want to send them to pre-k for another year. If you want to read more about it, […]

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Get Your Teach On!

May 9, 2016 by ·

Need a teacher pick-me-up? Looking for some of the most current research based strategies that will light your classroom on fire? Join us in 2016 for Get Your Teach On – a one-of-a-kind experience for K-3 teachers. You will spend a day with Deanna Jump, Hope King and their special guests (feeling privileged to be […]

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Janes Give Back for MacKale

April 13, 2016 by ·

Hi friends. Any of you that follow me or follow the Kindergarten land of teacher bloggers, might know about MacKale McGuire. MacKale is the amazing son of Marsha McGuire who is the phenomenal face behind A Differentiated Kindergarten. People ask me all the time what it is that I have learned the most about being […]

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Create your own Wednesday Word Problem

April 6, 2016 by ·

Wednesday Word Problems have been a staple in my classroom since the first year I started teaching. It is not my original idea but I love  the way that we have made it a routine and the kids really look forward to doing them every week. They even get a smartie if they figure it […]

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Five for Friday

March 18, 2016 by ·

1. Today is the day. My maternity leave is over. I told my husband yesterday that it has been like one really long blissful snow day. I have enjoyed every single second of being home with my little goose. I definitely have mixed emotions about going back to school. I am very blessed because my […]

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French Lick Blogger Meet-Up

March 13, 2016 by ·

I am, once again, in awe of my blogging bestie Holly Ehle. Y’all…she is simply the best. I FINALLY got to make my way up to the French Lick blogger meet-up and I can tell you right now that I will not be missing it again! Holly goes above and beyond to make this is […]

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Five for Friday

March 11, 2016 by ·

As the time gets closer to me having to go back to school, I swear time is speeding up! AH! This time next week I will be in the classroom. I’m sure you can imagine that I have mixed emotions about it. I really love my job and couldn’t imagine being anything other than a […]

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