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Check out the newest blog in the family……

Check out the newest blog in the family……

April 29, 2015

It's been soooooo long!!!!! We'll I can tell you I've been crazy busy! Since my move from first grade teacher to curriculum coordinator, I've been working with all grade levels this year.  I decided that if I was truly going to keep this blog about first grade, then I would need to start a second blog to share all the great things we're doing ... read more

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Bringing Fairy Tales to Life

Bringing Fairy Tales to Life

February 1, 2015

Last week was crazy sock day at school and I had everything laid out the night before. Oops.....It was 5:30 that morning and I remembered that I needed to wear some type of crazy socks.  I started racking my brain to try and come up with something. Then, I remembered we are on to our fairy tale unit next week. What if I made a fairy tale come ... read more

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Interactive Notebooking in Math is Time Well Spent in the Classroom….Plus a Notebook Freebie

Interactive Notebooking in Math is Time Well Spent in the Classroom….Plus a Notebook Freebie

January 5, 2015

Who would have thought that school could get any more exciting?? Well add in an interactive notebook and you've got the kiddos lined up and bursting to get in to the classroom! At least that's been my experience with interactive notebooks. Since my newest job as curriculum coordinator at an elementary school, one thing we've implemented school wide ... read more

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Back to School Festivities

Back to School Festivities

August 12, 2014

So it was my first full PD week to plan!!!! AAAhhhhhh I was so scared that it wouldn't be cute enough or everything would be to expensive, or that I just couldn't pull it off. Then I turned to Pinterest! How did we live without it? So each teacher got a pencil wreath for their door and this amazing teacher posted a welcome back to school decor ... read more

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August 4, 2014

Wow! It's Back to school time!! This is my favorite time of the year. The teachers pay teachers sale is set for August 4-5th. I can't wait to fill my cart with all the goodies.  Here are some back to school ideas you might want to check out.  This unit will get your reader's workshop started in full drive. It offers lesson plans for ... read more

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Monday Make-N-Take Organizing Reading Groups

Monday Make-N-Take Organizing Reading Groups

July 28, 2014

Happy Monday Y'all!!!! School is just around the corner. Are you ready? I can't seem to get everything finished on my to do list each day. Maybe I'm putting too many things on it. While I'm gearing up for small groups, I was thinking of a way to organize my groups so they could be quickly changed if needed. I wanted something that I could quickly ... read more

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Make-N-Take Mondays- Linky Party

Make-N-Take Mondays- Linky Party

July 21, 2014

Hey y'all!!! I'm excited to be hosting a new make-n-take Monday's session to my blog.  I miss the days when all us teachers got together at school and had big make-n-takes, chatted about this and that, and munched on all kinds of yummy stuff.  Well you're gonna have to bring your own munchies to this session, but I don't think it will be ... read more

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It’s been a while…….

It’s been a while…….

May 4, 2014

Hi bloggers!!! Wow, it's been way too long! Not sure if it's a smiling 3 year old always on my hip, or the 22 firsties that seem to grab all my energy, or there's also the new house we're building. Yea, I think it's a combo. Anyway, we've been doing exciting things in the classroom since I've last posted.  We've reached the end of unit 4 ... read more

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Today’s Number….. Poster Freebie

Today’s Number….. Poster Freebie

February 16, 2014

Hey y'all!!! February is just a flying on by...... I've been rereading the amazing book Number Routines by Jessica Shumway because I had to present PD on it last Friday.  Since I had to brush up on number routines for older grades, (I always tell my husband I'm only as smart as first grade math lol) I thought this would be the perfect book to ... read more

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Nonfiction Readers Activate Schema, Snow Day in New Orleans = Oh My!!!!

Nonfiction Readers Activate Schema, Snow Day in New Orleans = Oh My!!!!

January 30, 2014

Well before I get to the snow day in NEW ORLEANS!!!! I'm going to back track to the day before in first grade.  My dear friend Melissa and I are working on our newest readers workshop unit for first grade. This one is on nonfiction. (We will have all units posted by this summer ready to go) The nonfiction will be posted soon.  Anyway, on ... read more

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