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OMG! Can you believe July is almost over? Neither can I! I’ve actually already started (slowly be it…) to get ready for Back-School. So as I’m reflecting on the upcoming school year (because that also counts as getting ready in my book!) I started thinking about student writing and how I want to really focus on more than just quick writes…. Read More
What a week we’ve had! Field trips, writing projects, book studies… all focused on the color GREEN! Here’s a peek at our very GREEN week! This week, we read all things, “Frog and Toad”. My kiddos have fallin’ in love with these two lovable characters from Arnold Lobel. We spent the week reading, responding, rereading, and interacting with the text… Read More
WOW! Is it really only Tuesday of a four day work week? My eyes are telling me it’s 10 o’ clock on a Friday night… But I just had to stop in and share a few things! First, off…have I ever told you how much I <3 three day weekends? It was like a little reward to sticking it out… Read More
Well, we are at it again… working on cause and effect! If you remember my post from a few weeks ago, then you know that cause and effect is the “Achilles heel” of my second graders. So, I figured another week with working on this skill was a good idea. At the beginning of the week, we used my cause… Read More
Well fellow educators, we made it! We made it through another week of school. Is it just me or are 4 day work weeks the longest weeks ever? Seriously? Well even though we only had four instructional days this week, we’ve been busy bees learning about penguins, creating snowflakes, and building our schema on Dr. Martin Luther King. Thought this… Read More
One more day… one more day… repeat with me… I CAN DO THIS. I.CAN.DO.THIS! These past few days have been a whirl wind of holiday magic and fun! Today we put the finishing touches on our parent gifts. We made 2014 Calendars. One of my team members shared this activity with me and I think they turned out pretty cute! … Read More
Did you grab green colored pencils (or pens) to have your kids SNOTS this year? theappliciousteacher.com/annotating-text-using-snots/
As far as I can tell, there are two types of teachers out there...
Are you team #inkjoypens or #flairpens
comment with your favorite pen! @papermate
#teacherlife #teachersloveflairpens #teach #teacherprobs #iteach #secondgradetribe #secondisthebest #igteacher
Have you guys seen this brain book? What a great way to teach growth mindset! Af link: amzn.to/2nMUMtS
