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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
Yeah… those two words should NEVER go together, but for some strange reason this is the second year in a row I am discussing the two in the same post because they’re happening at the same time, again! LOL! Let’s first start with our state testing… This year here in sunny Florida, we are working through our first year of… Read More
Earlier this year, I broke up with my clip chart. It was hard, scary, and one of the best decisions I made for my class this year. A clip chart just wasn’t working for these kiddos. Even though Class Dojo helped with some of our “issues”.. (Which you can read about all about that here) But, we still needed a… 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
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
