Five for Friday!

September 27, 2013 by ·

It’s been a week…that’s all I can say. Friday, I am glad to see you.Here is my five for the week. 1. Welcome to the new web-site! I took a bit of a step back (lost all of my followers) to hopefully take some steps forward in this adventure of teacher blogging. I am officially […]

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Farm Unit {Giveaway & Freebie Alert}

September 26, 2013 by ·

We have been learning about Farms this week along with The Five Senses and Community Helpers. Whenever I can’t find a fab resource to use (there are so many!) I just make my own. And then I get a bit carried away…and a unit is born. So here is my newest creation…   We have […]

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Where Do Readers Read?

September 25, 2013 by ·

Just a quick post tonight about a great book and reader’s work-shop lesson that is so powerful! Today, we talked about how readers read everywhere. I asked the students to think about places that they see people reading. They came up with bed, with their mom, outside, in an airport, at the beach, with their […]

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Peek at My Week Lesson Plans and My New Web-site!

September 24, 2013 by ·

I am beyond excited that I am writing my first post on my new web-site! I am so thankful to Tracy at Social Strand for helping me set everything up. She is a master tech magician! We are still working on some kinks here and there. If you see something that looks off…give me a […]

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Confessions of a {somewhat} Thematic Teacher

September 20, 2013 by ·

So…I don’t know how to say this. But I think I might be a thematic teacher. Not completely, but there is a hint of theme. I feel like you all just gasped. I think I did as I typed this. I just felt like I had to get that off my chest. Now I can […]

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Video Tip

September 17, 2013 by ·

I cringe when I do videos because I really (like everyone else) do not like the sound of my own voice! There are so many people that ask me questions about getting stared, how to do this, etc etc. It’s a lot easier to do a video and tell you about it instead of typing […]

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Peek At My Week! {and weekend}

September 15, 2013 by ·

It has been one busssyyy weekend! Whew.  I think that I may have more bridesmaids dresses than Katherine Heigl.  Love my girls, but dang they all are getting married!  We started yesterday at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t get done til after midnight.  Lawd. I did some pre-planning before so that today wouldn’t make me want […]

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Five for FRIDAY!!!

September 13, 2013 by ·

Yes, I am happy that it’s Friday.  I apologize for the shouty caps, but let’s get real.  I don’t even care that it’s Friday the 13th.  I could be standing inside under a ladder with an open umbrella as a black cat walks by if you could just get me to Friday this week.  Kindergarten […]

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