Minnesota Kindergarten Conference

December 2, 2016 by ·

So far, I am loving my time here in Minnesota! You all have been absolutely wonderful and I can’t wait for our after lunch sessions. As promised, here are the sessions from today. Everything in my TpT store will be on sale today and tomorrow! Squeezin’ in Science and Social Studies Again, so much content! […]

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Inference Lesson *In My Fur Ring”

November 14, 2016 by ·

I LOVE this idea and I take zero credit because it is not mine. A fab 5th grade teacher, Kelli M., that used to teach at my school came up with this fun idea and it is absolutely genius. I put a few of my own twists on it but I think this is such a […]

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Thick and Thin Questions

October 30, 2016 by ·

It’s that time of the year when we all start to feel a little bit anxious about the breaks we have coming in our future. A lot of us just got done with our Fall breaks and we have Thanksgiving and Christmas break on the horizon. This is also the time of year when we […]

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Phonemic Awareness Set 2

October 15, 2016 by ·

Happy Saturday! I am finally finished with Set 2 of my Phonemic Awareness Activities! People ask, does it really only take 5 minutes? Yes! Once you start to get in the groove, you get a little quicker and the students know what to expect. I have a FB live you can watch for this set […]

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Critical Thinking in the Classroom

October 5, 2016 by ·

I got asked to cover Critical Thinking in some of my future presentations and I’m going to lie…I was (and honestly still am) really intimidated by a topic that sounds like something my college professors would be much better at than me. I know that I use it in my classroom and I know that […]

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Student Birthday Freebie

September 7, 2016 by ·

Hey friends! Yesterday was my first official day with my kiddos and believe it or not, it was also a birthday in my room. You know how it goes back to school…I kind of felt like I had to scramble to find something for my little birthday friend. Of course, we don’t want to break […]

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Phonemic Awareness for Little Learners

August 28, 2016 by ·

The clouds have parted and the angels are singing…I finished a unit…HA! It has been a hot minute since I have been able to finish anything with the moving of houses and classrooms so I am so thrilled to be able to get something on my to do list done. Let me tell you about […]

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Tuesday Vegas Sessions

July 19, 2016 by ·

  Vegas Day #2! We are covering a whole bunch of content today. Same as yesterday, anything that is in my TpT store is on sale through the rest of the week. I put this is my post yesterday, but just in case you didn’t see it…I can’t post entire slides and presentations due to copyright issues. […]

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