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How do you get to know your students at the beginning of the year? Me boxes? Me Reports? Me Posters? For ME… pun intended, I like to use the last option, ME Posters! These easy to do posters are a Back to School MUST for my beginning of the year routine. I usually send them home as a first week… Read More
Good bye summer! Hello new school year! Tomorrow is my first day of Pre-Planning. Of course, the whole week is consumed with meetings and such, so I’ve been trying to do as much to prepare for those first few weeks with my kiddos from home as I can. Now that I am back in second grade, I am super excited… Read More
It’s August! That means it’s the Back to School Season! Teachers are filling up their carts with school supplies, begging their admin to let them get back into their classrooms, and wishing that there was another month between July and August. But, it also means it’s time for the TeachersPayTeachers Back to School Sale! Thank you Star Spangled Planner for… Read More
This past year, I had the AWESOME privilege of having a cart of thirty Ipads to share with my third grade team. #teacherdreamcometrue Let’s be honest for a moment: In the beginning, I was completely intimidated by them… Although I was more than familiar with the technology on a personal level, I NEVER dreamed of using it in the… Read More
Can you believe it is almost the end of the year? Where has the time gone??? Well… things have def not slowed down for this Applicious Teacher! Here’s what we’ve been up to the for the past few weeks! First up… Similes! I’m a huge believer in inspiring students to write using authors’ samples. That’s why I LOVE this book… Read More
We’ve been focused on all things geometry in the Applicious Classroom these past few weeks! After weeks of test prep and then actual testing, it’s nice to have finally returned to “normal” curriculum and infuse fun back into our block! Our curriculum outlines that students should be able to distinguish between different quadrilaterals based on their attributes of lines and… 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
