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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…

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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…

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classroom reveal

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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……

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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…

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number sense and decomposition of numbers

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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