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Bats and Spiders… and MORE… OH MY!
Hi Friends.. I hope this post finds you well. With October approaching quite quickly, I wanted to let you know what I have my students do during our Daily 5 rotations in my Work on Writing station. Introducing….. BATS!!!! So… I LOVE having the students do different types of…
Apples, Apples, Apple Day!
APPLE DAY is coming!!!! YAY!!! Apple Day is one of my FAVORITE days of the school year! I have been doing Apple Day for the past 19 years in my classroom and I still love it every year. Even though I LOVE summer, Fall is my favorite season. The crisp…
Classroom Reveal
Hi Friends… I am so excited to be linking up with Angie and Ashley for our Classroom Reveals today and join in on the 2getherwearebetter bandwagon! How EXCITING! I love looking at other teacher’s classrooms and getting new ideas. Yesterday was my first day of school so I am a…
Constitution Day
Hi Friends…. This year on September 17th for Constitution Day, I wanted to do something a bit different than I have done in the past. This year, I decided to teach about Constitution Day during my Guided Reading groups by doing a close reading activity. I felt that this was…
Engaging Spelling Activities!
Hi Friends.. I hope this post finds you well. I am nearing the end of my summer vacation and I am sure that some of you are already back to the grind! This summer I was on a QUEST to revamp my spelling instruction to make it more effective. I…
Learning our Short Vowels!
Hi Friends… UGH….my summer is almost coming to and end and I am ACTUALLY starting to think about my classroom and the first few weeks of school! I basically have my first week planned out, but the second week of school we hit the ground running with content…content….content! LOL! The first…
Science FUN with Interactive Notebooks!
Hi Friends… I hope this post finds you well and enjoying your summer break. I just returned home from a relaxing vacation in Punta Cana! It was a ton of fun and I really needed the R & R 🙂 I actually wrote this blog post on the plane there…BUT……
Simply Skilled Scoop for my Follower Friends
Hi Friends… I hope this post finds you well 🙂 I am SOOOOOOO EXCITED about what I have up my sleeve!!!! I have wanted a way to connect with my peeps who follow my blog, Facebook page, and/or Blog Shop. Sometimes, it’s just easier to get some up…
Number Sense and Decomposition of Numbers!
Hi Friends… I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to share a little bit about how we go about digging deep into number sense in our 2nd grade classroom and the beginnings of decomposition of numbers. Just a side note… I have been teaching second grade…
Prefixes, Suffixes and a FREEBIE Just for YOU!
Hi Friends…. The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second-grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept… I was pretty…
Math Flip Flap Books for Interactive Notebooks….YEP!
Hi Friends….. I am REALLY EXCITED because I have been a busy little bee creating some NEW resources that I am STOKED about I have been called the Flip Flap Book Queen by many of my friends, because I have created over 100 of my flip flap books and there doesn’t…
Earth Day FUN!
Earth Day Fun 3-in-1 Flip Flap Book® and Lapbook® Activity Hi Friends…. I just wanted to drop in and do a quick little blog post on Earth Day. April is approaching and I am a bit of a pre-planner…can you say…{type a}…I digress 🙂 With that being said, I wanted to…
The Simply Skilled Scoop!
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