Five for Friday

November 14, 2014 by ·

Holy coldness! How many of you are in the same polar vortex!? 1. That’s my number one. It’s just flat out cold. Are you all in a snow day kind of district? We are. I am a white crayon in the window, ice cube flushing, PJ inside out wearer kind of girl. We LOVE snow […]

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Shake it Off!

November 11, 2014 by ·

One of the ways I like to bringing learning to life in my room is through music…especially through music that kids {and maybe their teacher} really love. One such individual is T-Swift. I tried to explain how I do this with my kids, but I feel like it’s better if I show you. I asked […]

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Peek at My Week {Stone Soup}

November 9, 2014 by ·

This week is such a fun week…for me…mostly because it involves food. We do a week of Stone Soup every year. I have my go to versions of the story, but I have seen some new ones that I am going to add to my collection. Here are the different versions of the book that […]

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Punctuation Detectives {Freebie}

November 8, 2014 by ·

Punctuation is such a hard concept for students to understand. It’s not the easiest concept to teach either. I really love Michelle Oakes unit of Punctuation People. The kids are able to connect the punctuation marks to characters and that seems to make it meaningful. We finished the week off by being “Punctuation Detectives”. I […]

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Five for Friday

November 7, 2014 by ·

What a weird week. Just sayin’…. We skipped Tuesday because of election day and I haven’t been able to get calendar date or day right ever since. I’m hoping that I can finally get my act together today. You know you’ve done a decent job teaching students how to use a calendar when they can […]

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Dictionary Drive {Giveaway}

November 6, 2014 by ·

I did a post about my literacy stations and how I run them a few days ago. One aspect of my literacy stations that I really like is the fact that I have some staple stations that I don’t have to explain every. single. time. One of those stations is Dictionary Drive. Students just know […]

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Peek at My Week {Punctuation}

November 2, 2014 by ·

I’m going to tell you right now…I was STRESSING out about what I was going to do this week. It’s not quite time for Stone Soup and Thanksgiving stuff is just not even on my radar. Are you ok with me admitting that sometimes I just get completely overwhelmed? That happened last week while I […]

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Five for Friday {Halloween}

October 31, 2014 by ·

At least not yet anyways… Happy Halloween Friday to you. And me, really. I am thanking my lucky stars this year for Halloween falling on a Friday. The day after Halloween needs to be considered a national holiday. Kids come in with their faces half painted after their parents gave up trying to scrub it […]

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