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So… we are T-minus 5 days until Spring Break and a mere 8 schools days until our state testing. I know I keep mentioning this… It’s only because I am SUPER stressed about it! LOL! With all this going against me today, I knew I had to take time out of our busy “review” days and put in some fun… Read More
Something amazing happened this year… somewhere between learning how to do multiplication and our weekly close reading sessions… My class became writers. You heard me right… WRITERS! For realsies, folks. Every time I turn around, my kiddos have notebook paper on their desks and they are writing. They’re writing stories, poems, chapter books, information booklets. I can barely contain my… Read More
What a fun week we’ve had! I know it’s a *bit* early (October JUST started) but this week we learned all about bats (and later, spiders!) What a BLAST my kiddos had learning all about creepy crawlies and things that go “bump” in the night! At the beginning of the week, we narrowed in on bats! To activate our schema,… Read More
I think I can… I think I can… I think I can… That’s what I am saying every morning I wake up to go to school these days. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE school. I LOVE my kiddos. But I am ready for summer. 🙂 Thank goodness I’m teaching a fun unit to keep *ME* excited about coming to… Read More
So Diane over at Fifth in the Middle has created a State Blog Link-up and I just had to join in! I am a Florida blogger and I am proud of it! I’ve been able to connect with so many other bloggers from my beautiful sun-shinny state! I love it! There is even talk of a bloggy meet up! How… Read More
As many of you know (or may not know…) I am currently on maternity leave caring for my ooohhhh-sooooo sweet brand new baby boy until the end of March. But just because I am not at school teaching doesn’t mean I’ve lost my connection to the classroom or my drive to create! Case in point, this little writing craftivity I… Read More