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Joey has an older brother. In fact, his older brother goes to our school. Sam is in fifth grade so the age difference is pretty big, but the way he takes care of his little brother is something to be admired. Last week, the book fair started in our school’s Read More...
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Yes, you read that correctly, Chickerella. She showed me just how important and powerful our Fairy Tale unit has been. We started with Cinderella and ready many versions… even Dogerella, but I had never heard of Chickerella. Until yesterday, when Maria, Read More...
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We are winding down our study of fairy tales (I plan to go out with a bang next week, but you’ll have to wait to find out more about that…) and we finished with Jack and the Beanstalk. After starting with a physical sculpture activity again using some Read More...
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The creative juices are flowing in my classroom. Turbo charged. It’s something to behold. This morning, we started by working in three small groups. With an adult to guide each group (and my wonderful Ed Tech Ms. C. to guide me), each group worked to Read More...
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We all hate it. I realize a lot of work goes into most professional development (here on out referred to as PD) days for teachers, but most of us (well at least me) are used to being in the classroom. We love to be active, moving around, engaged in something, Read More...
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We’ve been studying fairy tales. We started with Cinderella, which to me, seems like one of the most basic, simple, and core fairy tales. We started by reading a fairly traditional retelling of the story and then explored some variations of the story. Read More...
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I’m going to try and approach this the same way I do in my classroom. As I tell my kids, “I’m not perfect. Even teachers make mistakes.” At times, I feel like nobody reads my ‘little blog’, but apparently, I was wrong! I do wish folks would comment on Read More...
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This year, there a preschool in my school. Yes, I work in a public school and no – it’s not a Head Start program, but a regular, public preschool. My district, much like what the President is now proposing, has set forth a goal of public preschool for Read More...
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Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one. Well, it is in my class anyway. I used an entire bottle of glitter to Read More...
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Yesterday I was able to read with almost every student in my class. After I posted this on my Facebook page, someone asked if I would share about my reading program – of course! When I moved from second grade to kindergarten four years ago, I started Read More...
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I’ve written about my school’s breakfast program before. Well last week, on Thursday, the two wonderful lunch ladies invited my class down to the cafeteria for breakfast on Friday. Turns out, the entire K-2 was invited (in my small school, that’s only Read More...
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Yesterday we kicked off our next PBL (Project Based Learning) Project – ‘Peace Week!’ We’re going to study the life of Dr. King and learn why his work was so important to our world and lives today. Once we learn about his work, we’ll take that knowledge Read More...
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This week, I was fortunate enough to have a visit from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Coordinator for my district. She is leading a book group I’m partaking in on the book Number Talks and volunteered to come in and demonstrate Read More...
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We are squeezing in our Day & Night unit in one short week. In between Thanksgiving and our Gingerbread units, we tried to learn about what causes day and night and some of the nocturnal animals out at night. To say it was a rush would be an understatement. Read More...
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Seriously, I don’t get a cut of profits from the sale of Run, Turkey, Run books. It’s just one of those rare books children are taken with – they beg to read it over and over. This year, my class has asked me to read it so much that they’ve actually almost Read More...
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