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A look inside 2nd grade.
About Me
- Mrs. Shepherd
- Hi! My name is Mrs. Shepherd I'm an army wife, mother of a 2 year old and a shih tzu all of which are handfuls by themselves. I am now teaching Second grade. This will be my second year teaching and last year I had a blast teaching first grade. I love my students they are the funniest, brightest, and exciting group of kids that I have ever met! This blog thing has really got a grip on me!
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Asked a Funny Question - A few weeks ago our school held it's annual Grandparent's Day celebration. Yes, I know Grandparent's Day is officially in the fall, but our school has it ...48 minutes ago
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Top 5 Kindergarten Teaching Ideas this Week {5-22} - Its that time again – I’m featuring my favorite kinder teaching ideas to use this week from last Thursday’s linky party. I hope you find something fantasti...
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Instagram and New Resources for you! - OMG! May is just flying by! I am ready for summer break but we have a couple more weeks of school before we are finished for the year. I have tons of fun a...
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Optimum Organization Linky Party! - Hello everyone and welcome to the Optimum Organization Linky Party! My sweet bloggy friend *Elizabeth* and I are hosting and would love it if you could li...
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Drop Your Pebble in the Water for Oklahoma - The ripple of a pebble is powerful. I ran across this poem by Joseph Norris {HERE} and thought it reflects the inspiring amount of relief effort going on fo...
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Sidewalk Chalk and Silly Straws! (and FREEBIES) - I can't believe I'm about to type this... Today was the last day of school for the kids! It is absurd how fast this year went by! But those last few...
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Summer Bucket List Linky Party - I am linking up today with three very good blogging buddies! It hasn't hit me yet that next Friday will be my first official day of summer vacation. My ...
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My Summer Bucket List Linky Party - It's that time of year again! Woohoo! Last year, April {A Modern Teacher}, Teri {A Cupcake for the Teacher} and I thought it would be fun to have a party...
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Tornado Relief Efforts - As the stories of survival and tragedy unfold in Moore, Oklahoma, it's human nature to wonder what we can do to help. I've found a couple of ways so far a...
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Helping in Oklahoma with Teacher's Notebook - Teacher's Notebook is helping out in Oklahoma. Proceeds from this purchase, which is full of great items from lots of teacher sellers (including me!), will ...
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{HUGE} 1,000 Follower Giveaway- Don't Miss Out! - Somewhere around the beginning of the month I hit 1,000 followers! I began planning this giveaway at the end of April and then life REALLY got in the way. ...
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5 Tips for Starting to Reduce Chemicals & Pesticides on a Budget - Surviving on a teacher’s salary or any other salary for that matter can be extremely challenging. Trust me – we’ve been doing it for almost 7 years on a te...7 hours ago
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Let's Get Acquainted, My First Time On Board! - EVERY week I say that I am going to join up with this party and I NEVER do, so I am so *proud *to be linking up this week! In case you've been under a ro...
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Helping Moore, OK Relief Efforts - My heart just breaks for the victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma. As a teacher, one of my worst fears is enduring a tornado at school. Every time we h...
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Kinder-garrgh-ten Pirates! - Just in time for your beach, ocean & summer units...the pirates are here! To go with my 2 previous posts on learning the {ar} sound and all sorts of pirate...
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Yearbook Wrap-Up, Smartie Boards, Mother's Day and Sloth Poop - A Smorgasboard of Kindergarten Goodness! - Hiya peeps! Lindsay here . . . Well, I just had to share some SUPER FABULOUS GRAND news . . . The. Yearbook. Is. Done!!!!! Phew. That was a "so-huge-I-c...
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Winner Winner Winner! - Happy Trails Kinder Friends, Well it seems that we have a...winner for the cutest teacher t-shirt giveaway! How darn exciting. Kind of a little surprise...
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Feed the frog - *Feed the frog* *You will need:* A frog (or any other animal) Cards *What to do:* Beforehand prepare a set of cards with parts of the speech. I made mines ...
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Narrative Writing, Charlotte's Web, and Glasses - I'm SO proud of my students' writing! They really are doing so great. I almost get teary eyed thinking about it and then I remember that even though they ...
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Teacher Community Reaching Out - My heart has been extremely heavy for those in and affected by the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. The news stories have been unreal. My prayers continue to go ...23 hours ago
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End of the Year Gift Idea - I know many of you will be finishing up this week. We still have one more week. The end is near. Even though I am definitely ready for summer, it is alw...
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Love, Life, & Teaching - Since I snagged your attention with my new bling, I would like to announce that I'm engaged! For those of you who know me in the real world, this really ...
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Gardens, Butterflies, and Ladybugs, OH MY! - We have had several good days of rain lately! So when I got to school today, I noticed that we would need to pick some of our carrots. We headed outside ...
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Math Tubs and some Good News - I know....I know....I've been MIA the last several days. I have been SO busy, I honestly haven't even had time to sit down at the computer to check my e-ma...
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Plan this field trip NOW!!!! - Today we had the best (and easiest!) field trip ever! In fact, we did not even leave the classroom! Cisco, a certified therapy dog, came to visit all of ...
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Prayers!!! Work on Writing Giveaway Continues... - Heartfelt prayers being sent to Oklahoma... Congratulations to Emily and Peggy! We will continue the giveaway throughout the week... while praying for those ...
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A Chance to Win the Next Batch of Dice Games - It's that time of year where the kids are getting tired of playing the same old games day after day. I have been busy thinking about adding some new games...
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Prayers - After finding out that we lost a staff member suddenly over the weekend, I didn't think my day could get any worse. The news of OK has added an extra he...
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Teaching with Tomie dePaola Books Part 4: Responding to Literature - Graphics by Lisa Parnello & Sonya DeHart As we transition to Common Core and implement new writing frameworks in my district our students are learning t...
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SassyKidz Beach Freebies! - Whew...one more day with my kiddos! Yes...tomorrow is our last day of school!!! I am sad to see my students go but...oh so ready for things to slow down ...
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Mondays are hard... - Oh my goodness! So. Much. Paper. Work. I don't think I have ever done so much paper work in my life! That and applying for a job has kept me from bloggi...
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Seeing Through the Stacks...The End is Near! - This is the time of year that I can NOT stay organized! We have so many papers and deadlines flying at us that I am just holding on for dear life! Anyone...
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Memory Books plus a Foldable Tutorial :) - 12 days is all the separates me from S.U.M.M.E.R! Don't get me wrong... I love my job, love my kiddos that I've had this year but I desperately need the s...
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Cheap THANK YOU gifts! - Hey friends! Happy Monday! T minus 3 1/2 days of school left for me! We didn't have school today because of unused snow days....so teachers had a work day ...
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Social Media Links - Come find me in all these fun places! [image: ilovedoodlebugs4] [image: ilovedoodlebugs13] [image: ilovedoodlebugs14] [image: ilovedoodlebugs9] ...
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myHistro - an interactive timeline - It's Monday! I know that most of us are so close to summer that we can almost taste the lemonade, smell the chlorine, and feel the sunshine, but (at least ...2 days ago
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FREE Pencil Tub Labels - I needed some tubs to help sort pencils in the classroom. I just had to make some with my new scrappy friends on them. If you would like to use them also...
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Sliding Out of Town and Into a New Decade - This year my birthday is a little different than usual. I am out of town. I don't think this has ever happened to me in my 39 years. 39....nine....nine...
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Aquaholic: Cruising through Core (Freebie) - With the mercury rising and summer fresh on our brains, I prepared a fun freebie for my final core center of the school year. This set of centers begins wo...
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Visual Plans, What I Bought During the BIG TPT Sale, and Shape Centers - This Plane and Solid Shape Math Centers and More! packet just kept growing and growing! So glad it is finally finished. My students are having a blast...
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What Are Pirates Afraid of? - That's just one of the riddles from my Pirate Riddles set. I created several thematic riddle sets for students to practice their basic addition and subt...
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Black and White EOY Awards - Last year I created some fun awards for my firsties...they loved them, I loved them...we were happy. This year I decided it was time for some new ones..I ne...
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Awards & Gifts - We are down to a little over two weeks. I mean...I know it's coming...BUT...it is coming so fast! Usually, I would be thrilled by this point {and don't get...
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Designing FUN! - Have you seen Ms. Winton's blog post about Child Engineering? If you haven't...STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CHECK IT OUT... Woooweeee! I absolutely LOVE,...
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Update and End of Year Stuff - I just updated the End Of Year Photo and Autograph Cards on Teachers Pay Teachers. I added another design but kept the price the same, now there are *...
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Ocean Friends... Revisit - So I realized as I was taking down some of my boards and getting ready to plan next year's theme... (Still not sure what I am going to do!) that I never p...
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Stuffed Animal Measurement Fair - After seeing this post on Lesson Plan S.O.S, The Meek Moose and I cooked up a Stuffed Animal Measurement Day of insanity fun. In the post, she promises to ...
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Fun at the Beach! Literacy Centers! - The last few weeks of school are simply CRAZY! Constant interruptions, assessments, organizing, special events and so on! I try to keep the day as consi...
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Hoosier Blog Hop - Holla for the Hoosiers! If you just came from Rebecca's blog, Second Grade Sensation, you are in the right place. I am teaming up with various Hoosier bl...
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Spark Student Motivation - I'm linking up with Head Over heals for teaching to show how I am sparking up my students motivation these last couple of day of school. First let me sa...
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Children's Engineering - I work at a "Children's Engineering and Design Technology" school. Basically students are given design briefs with a challenge and they build a solution....
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Summer Centers - I've just finished my first 'big' pack since October/November last year! Since then, I've been buying up a storm to keep my literacy and math centers going...
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Five for SATURDAY! - 1. BIG News!! Started this--I am finally ready to think about other grade levels!! (Only took a few months........) I am in the very early stages--hope t...
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Class Party Time and a FREEBIE! - We have 3 days of school left and our class party is on Monday! The kids are so excited and I am too! I have done so many themes each year and my favorite...
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Our Finished Pond Mural - We finally finished our pond mural. We added beavers, fish, and snails. To make the fish: First, we cut a triangle out of the side of the plate to ma...
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Porridge Tasting! - Friends~I just had to share! We are ending out Fairy Tale unit next week and my teamie and I were setting up our Fairy Tale Land Centers for the followin...
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Freebielicious T Shirt Give Away - [image: ok ladies here is my first draft... you can take it, leave it, or send desired changes my way... my feelings won't be hurt :)] We at Freebielici...
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Five for Friday :) - Wow! I have been M I A ! My first of five things is the reason why I have been missing for about 2 weeks... Our new puppy! Meet Cow :) May Day was today ...
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Five for Friday! - Yay for Friday! It's that time of year when the days go by way to fast and way to slow at the same time. If you're a teacher, you know what I mean. Ther...
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Five for Friday {with a freebie for you}! - I'm back for another awesome round of Five for Friday & I get bonus points this time because it's actually FRIDAY!!! HA!! I hope y'all had a great week...
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Five For Friday - Test Prep and Angry Birds - You know what I love even better than Friday? Friday before a long weekend ... ahhhhhhhhh ... much needed!!! It's been a long week ... but a fun week ....
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Friday Flashback: I'm Alive...Barely! - Oh.My.Word. It has been two weeks since I last blogged, friends! Is anyone else feeling the end-of-the-year-crunch, too? I'm sure you are! In fact, I j...
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Freebie Friday is Getting Ready for the Summer too! - Summertime and the living is easy! Well it may not be summer for all of us, but it is summer for some! Lucky, lucky, lucky you! Teaching Blog Addict is h...
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Field Day Fun - We just had our field day yesterday! I was so exhausted from chasing my kids around, being a cheerleader, and even doing a sack race! Field day can be so ...
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How sweet it is to be loved by you!!!! - Well, now that all of my mom’s have all finally received their treats, I can blog about our sweet surprises. I had so much fun with my kiddos creating t...
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Birthday Bash Giveaway - I'm not sure if you knew but I have bloggy birthday twin and her name is Deedee Wills. She's not only a fellow blogger, but one of my very favorite kinder...
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May Fan-ta-bu-lous Freebies - Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Peepers Shuna here It is that time again Fan-ta-bu-lous Freebies I know I am late One of these days I am going to get t...
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I’ll Take That, But I Can I Get it Without The…. - Have you ever been to a restaurant and found something you REALLY wanted, but when you ordered, you requested about 15 changes to the dish?? That’s my s...
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Dividing Fun! - We have 15 days left. Not that I'm counting or anything ;) And, I'm exhausted as all get out. How about you?! So I'm just dropping in real quick to sho...
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John Muir: the man who saved the National Parks - I admire John Muir: he had a tormented childhood and found healing in nature. He saved much of California's wilderness for us to appreciate! If you read...
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FREE Guide to End the School Year Stress-Free - Have you started your countdown? Be honest...did you start it in January? Despite the fact that I still have SEVEN weeks left, I am aware that many of ...
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Sparkle - Happy Mother's Day!!! My boys made me my favorite fresh fruit crepes and hash browns. Yummmm!!!! They bought me jewelry and Yankee Candles that I love. But...
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Hey, Little Ant and Apples to Apples - I meant to write this post Friday night, but other things came up. When the last few weeks of school is upon us, I get crazy busy. I am trying to plan re...
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Robots: More Pictures - Here are some close-up pictures of the students with their robots. As you can see by the smiles on their faces, they are very proud of their inventions. Th...
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Houghton Mifflin Mini Focus Walls Themes 1-3 First Grade - I have posted my mini focus walls in my TpT store for themes 1-3. These were a popular item as a freebie since last summer and now that I have purchased a...
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Winner Winner {Chicken Dinner} - I'm sorry but I just had to use that title. :) The winner of the Behavior Contracts for Student Success Pack is......Storie Congratulations Storie, be look...
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Mother's Day! - When I think of Mother's Day, I think of flowers and bright springy colors. That's what inspired me in making this years Mother's Day card. I love a day th...
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Teacher Appreciation from the other side... - This was officially my first Teacher Appreciation Week as a parent, and I must say it felt great to spoil my daughter's daycare teachers with lots of appreci...
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Poetry - I always love this time of year because I get to teach POETRY! By this time the kids are ready to move from writing nonfiction pieces, small moments, and o...
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Spelling Ideas Part 1 - Most of you are probably days/weeks away from the school year finishing-SO EXCITED for you! Not because teaching isn't great, but come on-the renewal from ...
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Five for Friday... A Week Worth Appreciating - It's Time for Doodle Bugs' Five for Friday! (Shhhh... let's just not tell anyone it's already Saturday, Okay?) Click on the picture below for a peek into t...
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Singular and Plural Nouns Foldable {FREEBIE} - Helping kids understand when singular base words stay the same and change when becoming plural is a part of the journey of 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. Giving...
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End of the Year Gifts - It's that crazy time of year - the end of school. My room is a complete disaster because I've been trying to organize as I clean. I never got organized bef...
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Survival Mode - Last week was an incredibly hard week at school. One of my student's house burned down, and her family lost everything. My heart just breaks for the fami...
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Five for Friday - Hey y'all! TGIF!!! I am linking up with Kacey for Five for Friday! 1. COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER IS ON! We only have 9 days left with the kiddos! I always ...
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Friday Folder Inserts - Click on the photo to enlarge I'm getting excited about next fall in fifth grade and have thought about upgrading a couple things. First on the list: Fri...
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Big Dreams and a freebie of course... - We are wrapping up college and career week at our school and the kids (and teachers) had sooooo much fun. We kicked it off last Friday with college shirt ...
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Become a STAR - Students take responsibility by setting weekly goals and charting whether or not they have achieved those goals. Additionally, checked homework and self- mo...
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My Teachers Pay Teachers sale has been extended! - I decided to extend my 20% off Teacher Appreciation sale on Teachers Pay Teachers through Friday! So if you didn't get a chance to take advantage of the big ...1 week ago
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My Fav Finds for K and 1st! - Who doesn't LOVE a good shopping spree???? My word, I stocked up on some *amazing* deals these past two days! And, I'm getting ready to go back for Roun...
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Word Family Workbook {Update!} - In preparation for next school year, I have added a few more word families to my Word Family Workbook. I've added a few new ones: *-aw, -ix, -oke, -one, -a...
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Cute & Easy Mother's Day Photo Project - With Mother’s Day coming next weekend, I’ve been thinking about what kinds of cards and gifts to make with my class this year. Tired of the same old coupon...
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A Moment (Again) - About a month ago, I shared a moment that occurred in my classroom while reading the book Wonder. I had *another *moment with my students, but this one was...2 weeks ago
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Favorites in First-Updated! - I've been going through some of the first products I uploaded to TpT lately and updating those that look a bit shabby. I recently finished my Favorites in ...
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A Flip-Flap Fascination and an IDEA!!! - Hi Everyone.... I'm sitting here on the couch with my little one while he sleeps...He gashed his eyebrow open this morning at school and needed 12 stitche...
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Farm Fun, Cinco de Mayo, & a SALE! - SO, last week was pretty much amazing. We were learning about farm animals and…as my dear friend Abby would say…the kids were *12 kinds* of excited :) ...
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I'm Back For Teacher Appreciation! - This has been a busy year for me! If it were not for Katie King and her Busy Teacher units, I don't know how I would have made it. :) Anyway, I got a gre...
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Stinky Choices and Growing Kindness - If you are reading this, THANK YOU for sticking around. I cannot believe it has been so long since my last post. I think I just was in a funk. I am going t...
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Plant Overload! - We are wrapping up our unit on plants this week and have had so much fun carrying our theme throughout all subject areas! We wrote plant part cinquain poem...
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TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale - Everything in my store is 20% off on May 7&8. TpT is also giving an additional 8% when you use the code TAD13 at the checkout. What a great deal! Sorry I...2 weeks ago
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Appreciation and a Sale - Happy Sunday, friends! Tomorrow begins Teacher Appreciation Week, and you know what that means! TpT and TN are both having AWESOME sales! BUT...before I get ...
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I appreciate you! - This week is the time that we stop and think about the teachers who have done so much for our kids and so much for us. I hope that all of you educators ta...
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Math Flashcard "Monstage"...with Freebie! - Well earlier this year I posted here about storing word wall flashcards into our daily binders. After cleaning out my own first grader's binder, I realize...
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Get ready to shop! - This amazing button was created by Beth of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs. Thanks for sharing Beth! Are you ready to shop?!?! Check out my TpT Store and get ...
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I'm on Teachers Pay Teachers! - I haven't blogged in FOREVER...but I've been getting requests for the inserts to my Parent Binder. The inserts have been remodeled and are up for sale! T...2 weeks ago
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Winner and a Freebie!!! - Happy Sunday! It’s official…. I have 15 more days till……SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER!!!!!! First things first. Here’s the winner of the Mrs. Wishy Washy big b...
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Mother's Day Craftivity...Quick, Easy, and Simply Adorable! - I found this super cute Mother's Day Card craftivity a few weeks ago at Simply {kierste}. We started them on Friday and will finish them up tomorrow. ...
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Instagram Fun and Giveaway - I have joined the fun for Teacher Talk Tuesday. What the Teacher Wants and Apples and ABC's are having gathering the wonderful teacher bloggers to share ...
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Pet Dino & Poetry Freebies + A Few Fun Things - First, here are the freebies- :) Poetry month has officially ended, but we are still enjoying writing poems in class! Last week, the students came up wit...2 weeks ago
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Personalized Mother's Day Gift and Freebie - The best Mother's Day gifts are those that are created by kids for their moms. I absolutely love this idea merging creativity, writing, and technology. ...
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Spring has Sprung Freebie! - It has been gorgeous in NY!! Love the 70* weather and it looks like it's going to stick around for a little bit longer :) Here is a cute spring craft I did...
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Currently May - I am joining the fun and linking up with Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade. I feel like the only time I post on my blog is during the currently linky party. Ba...
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Creative Ways to Line Up Your Class {Freebie} - Sometimes, if you're like me, you need a fresh idea for lining up your little sweet peas. Walk on over to I Love 2 Teach to scoop up a free copy of twenty...
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Earth Day Activities - I always LOVE when I come across a blog post that details a week's worth of plans and so I wanted to share with you all what I did for Earth Day this year....
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Gumball Math Winners - Thank you so much to everyone who entered our latest giveaway. We have emailed a set of all three Gumball Math units from our TpT store to our winners. ...
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30 Days... - and counting. I know as a teacher I should not be saying or even posting this, but let's be honest...change of pace is coming, and I am ready. It has bee...
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Banker Freebie! - Hi friends! I was such a slacker yesterday but today I have the freebie for you! Here it is... Print the wallet double sided, cut the solid like down the ...
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Hello Again! Update and End of the Year Thoughts - This poor little blog has been forgotten for so long, but I'm back and hoping to get going again! This school year I've been preoccupied and to be honest I...
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A Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener in a BUSY Second Grade Class - Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! WOW! The Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener really does what it says it will do! Troy at Classroom Friendly Supplies was kind eno...
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A quick hello. - It's been a while so I thought I would share some of my friends new handmade cards on ETSY. SPARTACUS 3D Handmade Accordion Photo Card Downton Abbey Handm...1 month ago
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I'm Baaaaaack!!!! (and I have a new blog) - Yep, after spending this last school year teaching kindergarten (we still have a whole quarter to go) I have decided that I needed to teach kindergarten th...1 month ago
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Holy Onomatopoeia Batman! - A couple of weeks ago my 6th grade class was studying figurative language. The last one we studied was Onomatopoeias. I found this great activity on Pint...
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Happy Teacher Heaven Giveaway - I recently found a fellow Kansas blogging teacher, Amy Swan, at Happy Teacher Heaven on Facebook and - good news - she has hit 100 followers and is givi...
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No, I haven't been around; I'm sorry. - I am sorry for not being around much. Lots of fabulous ideas are running through my mind, and some have become reality. However, I need a lot of time to ge...2 months ago
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Two Truths and a Lie Linky - I’m linking up with Latoya's fun new linky, Let's Get Acquainted! This week's topic is Two Truths and Lie. Hmmm… 1. I have moved my classroom 3 times ...
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Harlem Shake - The staff at my school are very creative! A few years ago they made a video to get kids pumped up for our NMSBA standardized test. You can see that video...
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Fractions and Partitioning - We have been working on fractions and partitioning and I quickly made this sheet to help my students review. I noticed that they needed extra practice wi...
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Just incase anyone was wondering... - ....I haven't totally dropped off the face of the earth. I'm still teaching first grade and doing my thing, but I decided to take last summer off of bloggi...
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Just a few "THINGS!" - The past few weeks have been crazy-fun! We have been up to a little bit of everything! This is one of my favorite little projects that we did. I literal...
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Free Phonics Centers (3 of em) - Waaaaaaay back in the day (in an effort to promote Differentiation Station) I offered new followers a set of 3 free phonics centers. The give away closed t...2 months ago
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Reposting Popular Post: Mosaic Seuss Art (Updated) - *Reposting a very popular post from March 5, 2011: (The pattern is available for download at the end of the post.)* After we were done with our Seuss poem...
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Addition and Subtraction Facts - Need additional resources for teaching addition and subtraction facts? Take a look at my units below. I use these resources during my Math Workshop as mi...
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Kumpulan kata-kata Bijak - *Kumpulan kata-kata Bijak* itu adalah sumber semangat bagi manusia untuk memotivasi diri,agar menjadi yang lebih baik, jadi jangan patah semangt menjalani ...3 months ago
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Word Wall Posters Featuring Measurement - Capacity Terms - The other day, while I stood at my stove, stirring my dinner, I thought to myself, "Man, I should be halfway to retirement by now." Which really is a jok...
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Non-Fiction Know-It-Alls - It's been several months since my last blog post. But, no excuses! Just happy to share again... We just started really getting into non-fiction in my class...
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I need a hobby...oh, wait! and a FREEBIE alert! - Ok Kids, I have a treat for you...we'll get to that shortly. So naturally, as a teacher, I am a type A. Not just a type A ...like...it's a problem. I wor...
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Happy February and Summarizing - Happy February!! It is the start of a new month which brings new beginnings. We are going to pretend like I haven't blogged for months--right??? So if yo...
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Opinions Needed, Freebie Available! - Question! I have this Sight Word Book that I created. It's similar to some I've seen pinned on Pinterest. I searched TPT to see if it was a common thi...
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Response To Text / Tracking our Thinking - Hello out there bloggy buddies! It's been a long time! Life over at the Lutton house has been busy and rather exciting. Since I've talked to you last: 1. ...
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Use It or Lose It - We do a lot of assessing...I mean A LOT of assessing in my district. Sometimes I think we do so much assessing that we don't have time to teach the stuff ...
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Idioms: Mary Poppins Style!! - Happy Sunday, Friends, It has been way toooo long since I last posted, but I have been wanting to spend as much of my down time relaxing and putting all of...
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The Perfect Valentine's Teacher Gift on Sale - *These fun heart-shaped Post-it Note Dispensers are so cute and would make the perfect Valentine's gift for a teacher.* * ** **They're on sale at my loca...
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Temporarily Cannot Take Orders - Hi Everyone! *Thanks for another great year of headband making fun! :-)* I wanted to let you know that my headbands will be temporarily unavailable throug...4 months ago
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If I knew then what I know now.... The year that was 2012 - So I'm making a tentative return to blogging! 2012 was not what one would call "my year".... everything that was on the plan, professionally, socially, per...4 months ago
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Help me with... Common Core WRITING!! - Ok... Eeek!!! We reported back today at school for a grades/teacher work day, and let's just say - knowing that I only have 5 more months to get my little ...4 months ago
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Drawing Conclusions and Night Letters - Our Reading Street story last week was Night Letters. The kids really got into this story! For one of their stations, they thought about an object such ...5 months ago
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December Happenings! - I can hardly believe we are already into the month of December! To me it feels as if it should only be the start of November (not that I’m willing to turn...
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Easy & Cheap Test Folders DIY - Okay sooooooo this post is long over due! I use these these items every single day. Every SINGLE day I use them I think *hmmm I really need to find the p...
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My Miracle, a Freebie, Proud Momma, & 100s of Box Tops! - A few weeks ago I was in class and we were talking about dimes and quarters when one of my darling EL (not designated, but definitely EL!) student raised h...
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A Month of Firsts - This month has been full of firsts for "The Accidental Teacher". For the * first* time tonight I am making spaghetti squash! I love spaghetti squash and h...
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New Blog! - As you all know, this blog has been on the back burner for quite a while. I somehow lost my pictures and haven't had the time (or desire) to try to fix it...
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Family Fluency Night - This year we decided to have a First Grade Family Fluency Night with Angry Birds Theme. We had over 50 families come to see how to help their child become ...
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It's Been Awhile... - Hi Friends!... it's been quite awhile since I've posted. Sooo much has happened since the start of the school year that I have to admit, I've been avoiding...
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Whooooooo knew? Cool iPad Books - Need some new student books for your iPad? Add this little app and start downloading! It is easy peasy - Go to this link http://www.whocanread.com/ and cl...
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Invention Convention and Giveaway!! - Hello Blog World :-) I hope you are having a wonderful start to the school year! Mine has been hectic to say the least- In the month of September: I have...7 months ago
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Thankful for Fall Break - So, we are off for a full, FABULOUS week of Fall Break, and I couldn’t be more thankful! This time around, though, the hubs and I have different Fall Break...
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Finally swimming above water.... - Really....have I not posted since summer? I can't believe I have once again neglected my blog! I have good reason though! This year I decided to test out b...7 months ago
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Bradley Wiggins of Britain Cycling - *Bradley Wiggins* of Great *Britain* cycles through Esher during the Men's *Bradley Wiggins* - Tour of *Britain* - Stage Five Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE ...
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I Met Lucy Calkins!!! - I am so excited to share that I met Lucy Calkins on Friday! I attended her workshop, "Reading, Writing, and the Common Core" which was hosted by the publi...
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Best...Week...Ever... - Okay, well maybe not ever, but it was a GREAT week!! If I'm really honest, it was LAST week, but who cares! Thursday was my birthday, and I turned the big ...
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First Grade Common Core - Long time, wouldn't you say? I'm just popping in for a real quick post. I was wondering if you have seen this amazing workbook for the CCSS? I found it a ...
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Something Old, Lots of New!! - Hello again! It's good to be back. So many new things this year. First, a new class. I looped up to second grade last year with my first grade class and lov...8 months ago
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Teaching Place Value in First Quarter?!? - As you know, our state has adopted the Common Core Standards for Language Arts and Math and we are in implementation year #1. According to these new standa...
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Yes, I'm from the South... - To kick off our year of Word Study, we read "There's an Ant in Anthony" by Bernard Most, and the kiddos found another word that has an "ant" and illustrate...
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Quick, It's a SALE!! - Soooooo.... Were you panicked today because you already felt like you needed to plan next week? Yea me too!! So here ya go: 20% EVERYTHING in my Teacher's ...
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Classroom Chair & Door Makeover - I wanted to participate in the September Monday Made it... Haven't since almost the very beginning. So, the first thing that I wanted to work on was my c...
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Bucket of Positivity for the First Day! - Well it is officially the first day of school tomorrow! I've been planning ALL month.. and for some reason I still feel like I'm not ready for the first da...
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The Start of Classroom Prep & Some ???'s - So I started preparing my clasroom this week. *OHHHHH EEEEEEEEM GEEEEEE* I had absolutely no idea where to begin. I am going to just do a quick show and t...
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How to Make a Palm Tree - I've had a few request to on how to make a paper palm tree. Here is a tutorial on building a palm tree. 1. You will need to start with brown bulletin b...
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More School Food! - We have a new manager in our school cafeteria and every week we have new foods added to our school menu. This week I added pictures of Turkey & Cheese Pita...
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a new miss kranz original available?? YES!!! - since school is just around the corner...i have been doing alot of crafting, cutting, glittering, creating, & DIY-ing....i mean who isn't, right?!?! not t...9 months ago
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BINGO Behavior - I came across this amazing idea my first year of teaching. We were required to visit another teacher's classroom to get tips before our first year began. T...
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My new class (the before pics) - So I went into school today to try and drop some of my stuff off. It looks a lot better now that a lot of extra furniture and random things are cleared out...
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Big Changes! - Today is the first official day back for teachers in our county. I don't know how I managed to get up early enough to manage a blog post but it will be a ...9 months ago
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What do you teach first? - What a great summer I have had! I am hoping that all of you did as well. After the year I had last year, I am looking forward to this year. I know that ...9 months ago
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Tell me more, tell me more! - Hi all! I am linking up with Mrs.Lemons for her "Tell Me More" linky party! I have enjoyed reading interesting tid bits about all of you guys so I figured ...
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Staples is STILL my happy place! - Today, I went to Staples. Why, you ask? Because, according to the AMAZING school supply deals compiled on this AMAZING site: www.pocketyourdollars.com, Sta...
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Made it Monday! - So as I have been blog stalking this summer, I have loved checking all the Made it Monday projects that Tara at 4th grade Frolics has been hosting. Here's ...
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First Half of summer.... - Summer is half over...I could cry. But I'm taking the positive approach...ya know, glass half full vs half empty.....if the second half of summer is anythi...
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Whoo's Got a New Blog Design? - I'm doing an owl-themed classroom next year, and decided I wanted to update my blog to fit in with that theme. I teamed up with Honey Bunch Blog Designto cr...
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Classroom Labels - I am working on creating labels for teachers to use in their classroom. Do you have any ideas? mrsparkerssecondgrade.blogspot.com mrsparkerssecondgrade....
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I NEED YOUR HELP - I have TOTALLY abandoned my blog over the past few months, and for that I am extremely sorry. My class was going through a lot of changes and I simply did ...
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Mother's Day - Mother's Day is right around the corner! So for the next 2 weeks we will be doing all kinds of Mother's Day activities to get ready for the big day! This ...
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Weekly Cheat Sheet - Happy Monday Everyone!!! Last week was a toughie! We were back from break... PLUS, there was Report Card Monday, followed by Conferences on Wednesday and ...
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Fascinating Blog and Hilarious Science Videos! - I got nominated for a "Fascination Award." What a nice honor! You can click here to vote for me...I was nominated for my post about my Sensory Details and ...
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"Find the Difference" Math Flower Garden - To make these lovely flowers, the students made two colors of petals (one color more than the other) and wrote a math subtraction sentence on a leaf to...
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Sunny Days in Second Grade: Spring, mascara and free napkins - Such a cute story. I'm still laughing. Go check out this story at Sunny Days in Second Grade, because I think everyone can use a laugh ;) Sunny Days in ...1 year ago
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easy and cheap test motivation goodies - I wanted to share some quick and EASY and CHEAP ways to encourage your kiddos on the upcoming state tests (just the thought of a state test gives me live...
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Story Writing Template... and some blog love. - Let me tell you.... my kinders can make up some stories. Now when it came to putting their stories onto paper ::crickets:: They could not do it. I blog hun...
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March Door Decoration - I wish I covered the ugly, old door with a brighter color, but I didn't have time! I'm planning to keep it up for March and April. In April I will chang...
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Hollywood Classroom Photos! - Please go visit my recent 3rd Grade Blog to see updated Classroom Photos for my Hollywood Classroom this year! While you are there, *please follow that bl...1 year ago
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The Surgery Went Well... No Complications!! - Contraction surgery that is... Oh what fun!! This will probably be the kids' most favorite memory of the school year! They just loved dressing up as doct...
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Perfect Picture Book Friday- Groundhog's Special Secret - What a crazy week this has been! We started out the week with the Chinese New Year! Then yesterday, we celebrated the 100th day of school. And I was sick. ...
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I've Moved! - I've moved to a new address! Please check it out by clicking the image below! Thanks for stopping by... :)
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The Heart of a Reading Conference - Before we get started with the nitty-gritty of a reading conference...go check out how Andrea over at Stepping Into First Grade adapted my "If I Was a Snow...
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scrimmages - In my district, we have certain standards we are required to teach for a 3 week period. We then test the students over those standards. There are 2-3 que...1 year ago
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Introducing Leo! - It's official....We have our class pet...a gecko!!! I had my kiddos write persuasion letters to our principal and they chose between a gecko or a hamster ...
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Letter Writing Format - letter writing format visualAbsolutely SWAMPED with my grade level switch and keeping up with my own sweet teens. Did whip up a little letter writing visu...
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Bat and Pumpkin Nonfiction Unit - We began our nonfiction unit by learning about bats. After reviewing nonfiction text, the students completed a bubble map to recall all the things they kn...
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Five Friday Freebies - Week 22 - f you are not a TN member, membership is FREE. Here is a link to register so you will be able to download. *Teacher Notebook Registration *Click on log in...
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Wow It's Been a CRAZY Beginning of the Year! - I moved from Fourth grade to Second grade this year and I have been overwhelmed! Things have been settling down now and we are starting to have a lot of fu...1 year ago
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The Best Thing I've Ever Baked! - I am thrilled to announce the arrival of our new baby boy! After baking for 41 weeks Brody Oliver was born 9/20/11 at 2:42AM, weighing 8 lbs, 8 oz. I am co...
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Fall Tree Art - Here is a super easy art project that is the perfect decoration for the fall season! Fall trees! All you need is 12 x 18 light blue paper, brown paper fo...
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1st or 3rd Person - Yesterday and today, in both of my ELA classes, we discussed and defined point of view in regards to 1st person or 3rd person. We realized that 1st person...
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Encouraging words - I have been uber stressed between grad classes, my best friends wedding coming up and school - with my crazy class. I have barely had any time to even look...
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Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives - Here is a quick around the room activity I made to use with my students tomorrow. I wrote up ten sentences and underlined one noun, one verb, and one adjec...
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I seem to have lost a month - Wow! Where has the last month gone?!? Sadly, I could tell you where I have spent nearly every waking moment. Initially, I spent all of my free time getting...
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Number Line Signs - Check out the Number Line Signs at Views for Room 205! I was lucky enough to be one of the first 5 to make a comment and received a set free! If you aren'...
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Matter Song - Next week we will be studying the 3 States of Matter. I found this song created by Have Fun Teaching, but there wasn't a video yet for their song. I went t...
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A Teacher's Prayer - I saw this online today, and fell in love! I'm not sure who the original writer is to give them credit, but here ya go! If you know, let me know :) I'm goi...
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Daily 5 signs - I made these signs for my classroom but thought I would upload them for anyone else that wants to use them. I also have CAFE strategy cards but I'm having ...
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School Starts Soon! - Hard to believe that the kiddos come on Tuesday. I'm very excited but a little nervous too!1 year ago
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One week down... - Oh my...after my first week of teaching I feel like I could sleep for days. It has certainly been an interesting week to say the least, and many things tha...1 year ago
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My New Blog - It is moving time and I am hoping you will follow me! My blog posts will be moving from First Things First to Mrs. May's Place. Stop by and say hi!1 year ago
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How does time get away? - I can not believe it has been 10 days since I have blogged last- how did that many days pass so quickly? I have been trying to live up summer to the fulle...1 year ago
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Making Sentneces Story Scrambler - Making Sentences Story Scramble Well I did it! I made another activity to share. This one is a story scrambler for your making sentences center or you can...2 years ago
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Key Chains - My supplier changed the shape of the key chains I use and at first I thought I didn't like it, but....after I finished it, I think I like it better than ...
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Brooklyn Writers - The grade 3 students in division 6 are experiencing the Reading/Writing connection. Click the link to see a slide show that explains more. Be sure to have ...5 years ago
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Congratulations on being a new mommy! I found your blog through Farley's rule of three and I'm your newest follower. I love the pumpkin spice late too...it is absolutely delicious! Good luck with the little guy!
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Good luck with the donor's choose project! Visiting you from the link up!
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Awwww, congratulations on the new baby! I have a 17 month old, and a 5 year old. Kids are GREAT! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm your newest follower. Hope you'll also come see my blog!
Marie
The Hands-On Teacher in First!
You HAVE to post your project... it will get funded AND there is a match code this week only. If you enter the word PUMPKIN at checkout, Donors Choose will match your money! Even on gift cards!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new little one and good luck!
Vanessa
Kindergarten Schmindergarten
Good luck!
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Ramon
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