Friends~I have had lots of questions about how I use my (Half) Composition Books as calendar journals so...I just finished a quick post:)  Be sure to check it out especially if your school is moving towards The Common Core next year.  I am able to meet my 2.SL.2 2. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information ...

Plan the time to have your meeting or event by coordinating availability with all the participants using this fuss-free online tool, When Is Good.  The sites states : An easy way to find out when everyone is free for your next meeting or event. Click the grid for all the times that are good for [...]

I have created a calendar pack!! It is a 12 month pack that has a header for each month and calendar pieces that coordinate. I love using the calendar for practicing patterns. I wanted to give you the flexibility of creating the pattern that's appropriate for your kiddos each month. The months Aug, Sep and Oct contain 2 complete sets of number ...

I'm entering into brave new territory... And I invite you to see where I'm headed! Why am I making a change (something I choose selectively into my life)? So that my kinders will remain engaged So that my kinders will participate at a new level So that my ''doer'' kinders and my visual kinders will be able to draw on their strengths So that ...

If you read my post about yesterday, you know it was a terrible, no good, very bad day.  Today wasn't so bad. considering it was crazy hat day.   I expected the kids to be wild, especially being that I let them wear their hats in the classroom.  Almost all were able to wear their hat without issues.  Yay!!!  We were able to get through most of ...

Summary of Perfect Square (by Michael Hall):  “A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal sides of this square book” (from end paper of book).   The perfect square was perfectly happy.  Each day of the week, something unexpected happens which prompts the square to change.  For ...

In another shameless steal from Caroline Musselwhite, I've been using calendars to promote creative writing in my classroom.  It started last year when I was teaching several students to write simple noun verb sentences.  I had been given a ton of old calendars from colleagues and hadn't come up with a way to use them.  Then I thought about ...

I think that my winter break ran a little long. It is so nice to come back to so many awards. I will have to work on a new post to thank all the wonderful teachers who nominated my blog. I would like to start out this new year with a free calendar for you. I use calendars in three ways. 1. Students fill in the dates during calendar or math ...

Greetings, FREE PHOTO CALENDAR is a web site where users can create their own photo calendars. Today site — FREE PHOTO CALENDAR — is so ridiculously simple to use, I’m almost embarrassed to include it. Nevertheless, it’s a great place to take reluctant users, to show then just how easy to use and user friendly some [...]

I've created a patterned Calendar Date Cards file for the 2012 year.  This 113 page file has been uploaded to my TpT store for $3.50.  Link to my blog, leave a message  if you are interested in this calendar file. I'll draw a winner on New Year's Day.