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Ok… we are *this* close to finishing our State Testing! We took a break from testing on Friday, so I thought it would be a perfect time for some fun math review. We take our Math portion of the FSA on Monday and Tuesday. Yes… I know… I hope that my kiddos don’t eat jelly beans and chocolate eggs for… Read More
Spring has officially sprung here in the Sunshine State! It is only fitting that we’re working on plants. To kick off our plant unit, we discussed the life cycle of a plant. We watched this little video to help our discussion along. Then it was time to get dirty and have some REAL plant fun! We dissected Lima bean seeds… Read More
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
Today in my room I was reminded why I became a teacher. It seems a little strange consider the amount of stress and frustration this event caused… but stay with me. Earlier today, during my precious small group literacy time, one of my kiddos had a melt down… like BIG. TIME. MELT down. They were upset about an issue with… Read More
If you look up hero in the dictionary, here’s what you’ll find: So many times, we think of other people as the “heroes”… soldiers, policemen, firemen… the student who killed the cockroach that crawled out from under that box…(shivers!) Don’t get me wrong, those are heroes. But hardly ever do we think of ourselves, the teachers, as heroes… Sure… we… Read More
I always knew I wanted to be a mommy. Then, somewhere between junior and senior year of high school, I decided I would become a teacher. (Like Totally!) As I worked through my undergraduate program, I realized that teaching was my passion and that I was actually pretty good at it. 😉 Turned out that years of bossy around my… Read More