Five for Friday Returns!

August 2, 2013 by ·

With a cute new graphic and everything!  This really means that we are going back to school.  1. It’s my first official day back and I locked my keys in the car…lol. Good thing hubsters has an extra key. My spinach and kale smoothie is probably melting all over and it will smell like roses […]

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Surprise…it’s August! Winner announced

August 1, 2013 by ·

I woke up this morning and my husband had switched the page on the calendar that we keep on the fridge to August. I had to brace myself when I saw it. Surely…it’s a mistake and I’m not starting back to school tomorrow!?!? My room is utter chaos because I can’t just keep it the […]

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BlogHer Recap! $100 Food for Thought Giveaway

July 29, 2013 by ·

I have been beyond blessed to have had the opportunity to attend such great conferences this summer. I am charged up about the approaching school year from the “I Teach K” conference and the opportunities I have with my blog from all the ideas I gathered this past weekend at the BlogHer conference.  It was […]

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Guest Blog for K.A.

July 29, 2013 by ·

I love visitng other blogs! I’m so glad that Kimberly Anne reached out to me to guest blog for her while she is soakin’ up some rays in Mexico! We all need a little R&R before it’s time to head back to school. If you don’t know me, this is Elizabeth from Kickin’ it in […]

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What Is Your Voice?

July 27, 2013 by ·

Why did you start blogging? Teachers are tapping in to the online lesson plan ideas and their blog is their platform. That’s part of the reason of why I started. I have (or I like to think I have) good ideas that I would like to share with other teachers. The blogging community amongst teachers […]

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Rules vs. Procedures

July 26, 2013 by ·

You know it’s coming and there is nothing you can do to stop it.  Back to School.  For most of you, that means a class coming from the previous grade level. There is some sense of “school’ there. Even though they might still need to dust off the summer, they come in knowing what is […]

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Moving Word Wall Flash Freebie

July 24, 2013 by ·

When I think of my word wall, I think of kids just aimlessly gawking up to find “and” under the “a”.  Then I visualize myself doing a crazy dance to get them to find the word.  Then they point to “is”.  Don’t you hear the sound of your hand slapping your forehead? There’s got to […]

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Teaching a Teacher Linky

July 22, 2013 by ·

  Hadar at Miss Kindergarten is hosting a fun linky party. She is the one person I didn’t get a chance to meet in Vegas and I am super bummed :-/ I think we could have been bloggy buds…sadness. All the more reason to go again next year!  Going in to my fifth year as […]

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