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Now, don’t be jealous, but I am one of those lucky teachers that gets to teach for two days this week! 😉 Oh, and did I mention one of those is an early release day? So, today we were BUSY! BUSY! BUSY! Downtime is a dangerous thing in crazy times like these. To help keep us engaged, I reworked a… Read More
Can you believe it is *almost* Valentine’s Day????!!! I feel like it was only yesterday that I stepped into my new grade, classroom, and school in August and here we already are on the final countdown to state testing???!?!?!?!? But let’s clear that unpleasant thought from our heads and float to the love that is bubbling up in the 3rd-grade… Read More
This year, I’ve really put an emphasis on math. Since we have an extended math block, I’ve added math centers to my day. {You can read more about my math center time here} My math center tubs Can I tell you? I totally see a difference in my students’ number sense! They are adding AND subtracting LARGE numbers in their… Read More
I think I may have been enjoying my vacation a little too much… I didn’t get nearly half as much done as I wanted too… but I did make sure to spend LOTS of extra snuggle time with this Dapper Danny! I am ready to announce the winners of the little giveaway I had running this past weekend. a Rafflecopter… Read More
We have FINALLY started our “real” math center tubs this week. My second graders are off to a great start, so I thought I’d share a little bit more about how I tackle small group instruction during our 90 minute math block. First up, Setting Up Math Center Tubs To get started, I labeled 6 clear… Read More
Well, the year is well underway in the Applicious Teacher classroom! Earlier, I shared I was starting to work on my beginning of the year assessments and unfortunately, I am STILL not all the way through… Who knew it too so long to check sight words, phonics, FAIR, DRA’s and QPA’s? LOL! Guess I forgot… The good news? My kiddos… Read More