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Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!

November 22, 2013

Hey Guys! WOW! It’s been WAY TOO BUSY over here in Applicious Teacher land! I just wanted to pop in and share with you how our “No Turkey for Thanksgiving?!” writings turned out. At the beginning of the week we read one of my fave Thanksgiving books, “Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving”. Don’t fret if you don’t have access to… Read More

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, and a Splash of Halloween

October 30, 2013

Please note this post contains affiliate links. October is the perfect time to start exploring pumpkins! Too bad you can’t include Pumpkin Spice Lattes in your activities. But, we had blast exploring pumpkins anyways! This Applicious Teacher worked to bring pumpkins into our reading, writing, AND science lessons this week! Here’s a peek at our pumpkin activities for the week!… Read More

Gearing Up for a Spooky Next Few Weeks

October 23, 2013

How is it already the middle of October????!!! Where has the time gone? Sorry I’ve been a *bit* MIA last week. It was the end of the quarter for us here, which means grades were due and well… I think that’s ‘nough said! LOL! As the month of October flies by, we’ve been delving into all things creepy, spooky, and… Read More

It’s Fall Ya’ll!

October 15, 2013

Our theme focus this past week was Fall! For the record Fall is my favorite time of year! But… it is a hard concept to teach to students who have only lived in FL (for obvious reasons…) So in came all the fiction and non-fiction books I could find about Fall! To start our unit off, we read a non… Read More

Gearing up for Valentine’s Day and a Freebie!

February 7, 2013

I can’t believe it is almost Valentine’s Day?! Where has the time gone? Even though I am out of the classroom until the end of March, I don’t want my kiddos to miss out on anything. That includes special valentines from their teacher. So, I found these super cute foam apples in the dollar section at Target (don’t you just… Read More