It's Friday...

It's Friday and this is usually the day I LIVE for but not so much today...why? Well silly willy it's

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Teachers Notebook

I finally got my act together and put up a teachers notebook shop. I am working to get all my files

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Merry Christmas! ...

I hope that everyone has enjoyed a WONDERFUL day with family or friends or both. I have been fighting

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! I hope that each of you have a wonderful day with your family and friends. And if

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Short a and u sort freebie

Since google docs and I are not playing nicely, I added the short a and u sort to TPT. You can

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Shapes activity pack is listed!

Morning all!! I just finished listing my shapes activity and centers pack at TPT. I really hope you

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I've been awarded the Liebster award

Morning all! I woke to find that I have been awarded the Liebster award. To accept this award I

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A gift for you...

I love breaks from school. These are the times that I get re-energized and that I get to create. The

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I've been working on....

Some how I've managed to get the song "I've been working on the railroad" STUCK in my little ol' head.

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Can you help me?

Hey teachers I need your help. I am working on something that I might list at TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers).

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OMG.... light blub moment here!!

So I've been playing on pinterest and looking at blogs and I came across a little gem that has ROCKED

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Common Core Journaling Prompts

I have been working on a new set of journaling prompts. I still have a few students who struggle with

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Ho Ho Ho... Christmas Parties and a visit from Santa

What a wonderful end to the week we have had. Yesterday was our classroom Christmas Parties. Yes yes

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Word Work station

Happy Saturday Ya'll!! Only one week of school left... and it's a biggie for me. I'm working on my

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It snowed! yep that's right.... it snowed

Woke up this morning to snow. It was BEAUTIFUL fluffy white snow that was great for making snowballs.

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Finally a few Winter theme pictures

I didn't get as many pictrures as I wanted of this theme, but the kids LOVED the unit!! We focused

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Poetry Folders and ABC Chants

I am in need of some new resources for our poetry folders. We have 2 SUPER cute ABC chants that we

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ugh... I forgot to take pictures!!

man, I don't get how I can forget to take pictures!! But I did. Our winter tree is AWESOME!!! The kids

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland!! Yep that's us...

This week we are learning about winter. It turned off COLD here over the weekend and it's a bit to

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Where did she go???

I know I should take a trip to the thinking desk and think about why I have been such a bad blogger.

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reflection...

When I was working on my undergrad I was told that "reflection reveals the soul". I don't know if I

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feeling hot hot hot...

This afternoon I made a quick trip to my classroom and to see my IOWA scores. I promise NOT to rant

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Winner winner what's for dinner!! (and an appology)

Hey guys!! It's Friday and we have a winner. Kim Balek COME ON DOWN!!! If you would please email me

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Word work station....

This is a station that I struggle with. It's one where my kids loose motivation easily and a majority

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Happy 4th of July! and a little blog calendar of events

Happy 4th of July. It's days like today that really make me grateful to the men and women in the military

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Do you craft in your classroom?

This week I am thinking about my morning work stations. Not all of them are closely tied to literacy,

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WE DID IT!! (aka the give away has arrived!)

Ok really all you guys did it!! I stepped away to get things ready for my give away and BAM... we hit

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MWS: Beginning number concepts

math game math game Earlier I shared some of the games that I had made to go along with beginning

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Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go...

I did a quick count today and there are 38 days left until I return to school. It seems like I just

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Free-bee... center signs...

I've been working with my teaching partner on an idea for Discovery Centers. These are TOTALLY different

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Dearest Target...

My dearest Target, all these wonderful ladies in teacher blog land are finding great surprises in

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Give away at Erica's Elementary Excitement

I just ran across this give away and thought to share it. And I agree with Erica... who doesn't love

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math journal prompts

Yesterday I shared about my counting collection love affair and math journals. I thought that I would

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Chapter 3 MWS...

This chapter is all about getting started with stations. The ideas here center around setting up and

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Math Journals and Counting Collections

Three springs ago I was given a copy of an article from Teaching Children Mathematics. It was called

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Do you love Miss Bindergarten??

One of my favorite children's book is a series of Miss Bindergarten. The kiddo's LOVE her!! This is

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Teachers pay Teachers... jumping in with both feet

I love printables!! I love making things that my classroom needs and that fit my teaching style. I

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finally.... the iPhone

For years I have wanted an iPhone, but our cell plan didn't offer them. So for the last year I have

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