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October 2011 - Posts
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On Friday, we opened our Car Center. We have a road mat and parking garage and lots of cars. The kids just adore this center and because we only allow two sprouts at the mat and two at the parking garage, it helps those friends who have difficulty in Read More...
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Yesterday, as I was walking out of the school, three of my favorite ladies were walking in from bus duty. These three amazing first grade teachers are some of the most, well, veteran teachers at our school. They all exude class and style and I truly love Read More...
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Well, I worried about the rain. I checked the weather online, watched every local news forecast, and basically became obsessed with the possibility of rain. I woke up around 4:30 this morning to the sound of rain pouring on my roof. Ugh. I drove into Read More...
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There isn’t much more exciting to a five-year-old than a loose tooth. Today, during Morning Meeting, I saw Matthew pushing at his front teeth with his tongue… there was a tooth getting ready to bust out. Later, during calendar, with his hand up, and about Read More...
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During Writing Workshop today, I stopped to work with Leslie. As I looked at her paper, I saw an apple tree and two people, so I took a shot. “I love your story Leslie, is about apple picking?” I prompted. “Yeah, it was me and my mom apple picking,” she Read More...
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Teaching kindergarten with a headache is not fun… I don’t recommend it. It started out as a dull ache that progressively got worse as the day progressed. By the time I was wrangling my group during bus duty, I was craving the little blue pills that might Read More...
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The time has come. This is the SECOND giveaway of the amazing, wonderful, dare I say it, brilliant, series of Stuart J. Murphy’s I See I Learn series of books. If you missed the first giveaway, I’m sorry, but here is your final chance to score one of Read More...
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Last Thursday, I had to leave class for a few hours for a meeting. While I was gone, they made some super cute scarecrowsusing different colored shapes. Each child cut out their shapes and then put the scarecrow together. Finally, they added some real Read More...
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Oh boy. Who knew vomit and death were so prevalent in the minds of five-year-olds? Please make a note of it. Today we introduced our Vet Center. It’s a fun little center with stuffed animals (dogs, cats, and bears – hey, you might have a pet bear…) and Read More...
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Today at bus time, as I stood at the door, I called, “OK, Pickups come line up by me.” A few friends who get picked up everyday came scampering over. A few seconds later, Molly shouted, “Mr. ______, am I a hiccup today?” “Excuse me, what did you say?” Read More...
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Let’s be clear about something right away… it was ME having the giggle fit, not a sprout. Now that I’ve got that out of the way, here’s what happened. The class had just returned from Art. We were all gathered on the carpet for a story. It was a big book Read More...
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Oh the joy of puppets. When I first wrote about puppets, I focused on the joy they bring to my teaching. The fact is, kids adore puppets, and as evidence by The Muppets t-shirt I just bought and wear proudly, so do I. Today, we introduced our puppet center. Read More...
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Two days of rain. Two days of inside recess. One of those days with no special. I’m convinced Mother Nature is a cruel, evil, spiteful lady… Of course, with no recess and no place to take the class, by the end of the day Friday, things were looking grim. Read More...
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Today, as I dropped my friends off at the cafeteria for lunch, Will, who had kept his voice off the entire way, busted out, with more glee than I’d heard from him about almost anything, “Mr. ______, I’m having school lunch today and it’s tacos and I’m Read More...
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Today I had an all day meeting… well actually it was only until about midday… that was followed by another meeting. Ugh. I officially don’t like meetings. Let me say, I do not want to be an administrator, or anything else that would cause me to sit in Read More...
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What is it about the monkey bars that just does it for kindergartners? Today, as we walked outside, I swear to you, I heard a little boy shout at the top of his lungs, “Look out monkey bars, here I come!” They try and try to get across. Some can do it Read More...
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Friday, during calendar time, one of the most curious sprouts shouted out, ‘What’s that pirate ship for?” Indeed, over Monday, was a card with a sailboat and the words ‘Columbus Day’ on it. It did look like a pirate ship and figuring the irony would be Read More...
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We are rhyming up a storm lately. We sing about rhymes, read about rhymes, rhyme our names, heck, we rhyme just about anything. One of our quick activities to practice and assess each sprout’s ability to rhyme is rhyming around the circle. As we sit in Read More...
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During calendar today, Riley, our calendar helper, accidentally drew a rather large line on my shirt with a black marker. It wasn’t on purpose and I just kind of shrugged it off. This wasn’t a particularly favorite shirt of mine and damaged clothes are Read More...
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This morning I had a meeting and was out of my classroom… I don’t like being away… I became a teacher because I love kids, not to sit in meetings, but from time to time, they’re unavoidable. In any event, after a rough morning, I headed back to my classroom Read More...
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And so it begins. Tattling. Today during centers, Kristen walked up to me and shouted, “Phoebe ate some play dough!” Before I could open my mouth to reply, Phoebe was next to her saying, “No I didn’t – she’s LYING!” Thing is, what Phoebe didn’t know was Read More...
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On Thursday, I experienced, not one, but two firsts. Both involved Fred. As you may recall, Fred started the year as my most difficult sprout. Well as luck would have it… actually, it has very little to do with luck… as LOVE would have it, it turns out Read More...
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