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TBT: Pumpkin Week 2015
It's Thursday and I'm throwing it back to last year to our first ever Pumpkin Week! This year, I'll just be doing one day of pumpkin celebrations (on Halloween) because of other events going on, but I...
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Easy Rustic Snowmen Gifts for Parents!
Long time since I blogged! Wow!! It's so hard to believe that the holidays are upon us and Thanksgiving is only 4 days away! If you are anything like me, you are already thinking Christmas! I've...
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Oh, Yes We Need a Little Christmas!!
Now that Thanksgiving is officially over...it's definitely time for CHRISTMAS! This is my favorite time of year and I know most of our kiddos feel the same way. There is something magical about...
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A Prepped Teacher = Happy Teacher
Happy new year friends! It's been a while since I posted...but the holidays happened! Today, I stuck in the house...as it snowed yesterday and it's about 10 degrees outside - brrrrr cold!! We...
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Prepping & Organizing Math Centers
Hi friends! This is my first full week back to school and it is already the L-O-N-G-E-S-T week ever!! I wanted to pop over tonight and share some ideas for how to easily prep and organize math...
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February Thoughts on Thursday - Things Teachers Love!
It's February y'all and LOVE is in the air - so let's talk about things teachers love! I'm linking up with my friends over at Pelican's & Pipsqueaks and Tech & Teachability to share 5 things...
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Do you LOVETpT?
Hiya friends!! A quick post this Monday morning to brighten your day - because guess what?!?! There's going to be a site-wide TPT sale starting tomorrow!! You can save up to 28% off in my TPT store...
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Flexible Seating - Managing Student "Stuff"!
Before I started flexible seating, all of my students had chair pockets that they kept their COLLEGE notebook, binders, bags of books, etc in. So when I went to flexible seating and went to only...
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Math Tic Tac Toe Games
Back in January when I was stuck inside for 4 days because of ice and snow, I churned out a new project that I was pretty excited about! I recently got them printed, laminated, and introduced them to...
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Leprechauns Are Poppin' Up Everywhere!
Hi friends!! Happy Birthday to 2 wonderful people - Dr. Seuss and my Grandma! My grandma passed away in April 2013 and I miss her everyday. But, she always treasured children and reading with...
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Meet Gerald: The Easiest Class Pet in Town!
Meet Gerald the Giraffe - our class (stuffed) pet!! Isn't he the cutest?Back in January, I got an "itch" to have a class pet for my kiddos - but I've been there done that years ago with a hermit crab...
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Kahoot! for Spelling
Do you Kahoot? My kids LOVE it and their faces light up every Thursday morning when I get the iPads out and they realize we are playing Kahoot! First of all - you might be asking "what is Kahoot?"...
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Testing Candy Treats!
Hey friends! Testing season is rapidly approaching - or you may already have started! Here in NC, we don't start state standardized testing until 3rd grade, so my seconds don't have to do the...
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We "CAMP" Wait for Summer!! Can you?!?!
Happy Friday-eve friends! Are you counting down the days till summer yet? We have 25 days left - but there is so much to do between now and then!! Assessments, report cards, countdown to summer, end...
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End of Year Behavior - It's all about the MINDSET!!
Happy Sunday friends! I'm sure you're not quite ready to hit the ground running tomorrow to start a new week - but that just means we are one day closer to summer - so there's a good way to look at it!...
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Making It To Summer!!
Hey friends! Quick post for you today! Last year, I did a blog post series with some of my favorite things that I use in my classroom to help me make it to summer! I was going to recap each...
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Contraction-ectomies with 2nd Grade Surgeons!
Hey y'all! Happy Summer! My summer is quickly fading as I head back to work on the 17th - ack! Can't believe it's almost over. I wanted to share with you a quick and SUPER FUN activity that we did...
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Morning Work - make NO MORE copies!!
Oh, how good it feels to be back to blogging. I realized a couple weeks ago that I hadn't blogged since mid-May because of all of the end-of-year craziness. Now I'm about to back in the even crazier...
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Come one, Come all to the Monster Marketplace!!
Hey y'all! I'm gearing up for my new kiddos that'll be walking through my door next Monday morning! Where did my summer go?!?! It's okay though - in 9 weeks, I'll be tracked out for 2 weeks and the...
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Classroom Tour 2017 - Video Tour!!
Happy Saturday everyone! My summer is thisclose to being officially over - kids come back to school Monday!! I wanted to hop over here really quick and share a video tour I did of my classroom...
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Last Tuesday, ClassDojo announced an update to Student Stories: student-led, digital portfolios for the classroom. Student Stories is part of Stories on ClassDojo: an instantly updated stream of...
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Organizing Math Centers
Hey everyone! Whew - I'm about to finish up my 2nd week of school and my kiddos have loved starting math centers this week! This past summer I spent a few days updating my math centers and giving...
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Please don't throw arrows...
Hi friends! It's been a couple weeks and I've now completed 4 weeks with my new 2nd grade friends - we are almost halfway through the first nine weeks! A lot has happened in the past 4 weeks - both...
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Transitions: Minute to Win It Style!
Hey everyone! I feel like I've neglected my blog...it's been just over 2 months since my last post - what what?!?! Well, life happened! School got settled down, but my personal life went on a roller...
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End of Year Classroom Transformations
Long time, no blog friends! I promise I haven't forgotten about you! I've been a little pre-occupied with this guy... Yep...I'm getting married!! Is it September yet?!?! Anywho...I wanted to share...
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