First of all, let me explain that my room is in disarray, and my word walls are dismantled. I have begun putting things up for August, but there is still so much to do! It is interesting you are hosting this linky regarding word walls 🙂 I have thought about it a lot since May […]
Huge Giveaway! Check this out!!!
The following is a re-post from Kinderglynn’s blog site. These amazing teachers have joined forces to bring us a chance at one huge “Giveaway Galore”. Ok, are you sure you have enough room on your computer for all these fantastic things? Anna from Crazy for First Grade, Melissa from Mrs. Freshwater’s Class, Erica from Erica […]
August 2011 Calendar Journal now at TpT
I have just uploaded my August 2011 calendar journal for student binders. This packet goes in front of our writing journal pages inside our “Dive Into Journaling” binder. Students may use colored pencils or crayons to color it, color the pattern piece each day, record the weather, and tally how many days in school. There […]
New free offering at TpT–Ocean journal cover insert
I am beginning to work on my themed pieces for the coming year. Grab this cute insert for your combo journal binder (I use one binder for the monthly calendar and our writing journal pages). Don’t forget to leave feedback! The graphics are okay printed with econoprint if you need to save ink. There is […]
You gotta check this out!
It’s the latest product from Kindergarten Works! A calendar packet that includes every month, every activity, etc., all coordinated with student copies, and totally related to common core standards! Just click the ticket to see more! Thanks for the great materials KW!
Sharing my Whole Brain Teaching “Ocean Theme” posters
Since I will be doing the ocean theme again this year, I thought I’d share the posters I made for our rules. I hope they will be useful to anyone who wants them. The clip art was purchased. WBT Rules Ocean Theme Posters
Am I up for this? Maintaining a website and a blog??? Here goes!
I am in the process of updating my website since it contains many files and information I wish to keep current. It is not, nor will it ever be complete. Love reading the Debbie Diller discussion on Math Stations. I ordered my book today! Thanks to all of the teachers who have contributed to making […]
School is out!!! Let me see…After January 1st, we had one new grandson Feb., 15,, bought a Ford Fiesta (woof!)…
I accompanied both Junior High and High School soloists and choirs at District, then State Contest, gave lots of Progress Monitoring tests, gave Benchmark tests to the entire class, had another grandson, born April 28–thankfully, he is healthy after a rocky start, and I somehow managed to end school, organize my room for next year, […]
How do you catch a Leprechaun? It’s very tricky…
Our class arrived at school today to find our room in disarray. Apparently, a leprechaun had been to our room looking for his pot of gold. When he didn’t find it he played a trick on our class! Things were upside-down, out of place, and very messy. He took all of our magnetic sight words […]
Happy March! Happy Dr. Seuss’ Day! Happy St. Pat’s Day! Happy Spring!
Wow! We are off to a wonderful Spring! We celebrated a brand new month on Monday, then celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday today. He would have been 107 years old!!! We found out that Green Eggs and Ham are delicious, and that rhyming words are soooo much fun! We will be off for a Spring Break […]