Teacher Anchor Giveaway

May 2, 2016 by ·

My sweet friend Chandra at C. Jayne Teach has done it again! She just launched her newest Teacher Anchor yesterday and I have one in my hands that I’d like to give to one of you! There is something to be said about a teacher planner made by a teacher. Chandra just gets it and […]

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Earth Day Activities

April 21, 2016 by ·

Happy Earth Week! I didn’t get a chance to post my lesson plans on Sunday so I thought I would jump on here and share some of our earth day activities that we will be doing this week. Since plants and earth day kind of mix together well, we learn about plants and earth day in the […]

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Hands on Math Linky

April 19, 2016 by ·

I am ALL about some hands on math! When I saw that Deedee was hosting this math linky party, I had to jump on board. I always say this, but there is a time and a place for work-sheets…I get it…I do it. But, we have got to find more meaningful learning for our babies beyond […]

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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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Peek at My Week (Eric Carle and Insects)

April 10, 2016 by ·

Once Spring starts up, I just can’t get enough of Eric Carle! It seems that I find a way to incorporate his books at least once a week between now and the end of the year. We also start our study on insects this week as well. Lots of great books on our bookshelf this […]

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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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Weather Week Lesson Plans

April 3, 2016 by ·

This week is weather week! This is one of my most favorite weeks that I have with the kids. Here are what my plans look like. Here are my books for the week! People always ask me about the books. I let them read the books off the shelf 🙂 I get my books from […]

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Day and Night Sky with Moon Experiment

April 2, 2016 by ·

Whew… I am exhausted! Getting back in to the swing of things has been an adjustment for sure…but we have been learning lots of great things this week! The first thing we did this week for day and night sky was read about it (I mean…how else do you introduce a topic!?)   The students […]

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