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It's July!! Can you believe it? June went by in a flash! It's also the first Wednesday which means it's Winner Wednesday with Jennifer over at A Dab of Glue Will Do ! This week I'm giving away my Main Idea and Card Sort product. It's my number one best seller on TpT and I've recently updated it for the new school year!  This sort is ideal for reinforcing main idea and details in a center, small groups, or RTI.  The entire set is also differentiated: pictures only, words and pictures, words only.  There are 10 groups - Each group includes one main idea and four details.  I had to include Mardi Gras, y'all!!  When I introduce main idea, I pull together real life objects (details) and have the kids guess what the main idea could be. For example, I bring a real mixing bowl, (plastic) eggs, real oil bottle, and a package of frosting (I have a decorating bag with tip like the picture). I ask, What we could use all these items for? The kids usually are pretty quick...

 Oh my goodness you guys!! I am so over the moon about telling you all about our first Louisiana Blogger Meetup!!  I've been known to ramble on, so I'm going to attempt to make this short and sweet and to the point! I didn't get to take a lot of pictures, I was entirely too busy talking and listening to the fabulous bloggers we had with us!  BUT some of the other fantastic teachers there did take some pics! So please make sure you get to hop over and check out their posts.  In addition to reading about our meetup, you'll have a chance to enter to win some sweet swag!  Well, here we go! Thanks to the absolutely fantastic Jasmine from Buzzing with Mrs. McClain some Louisiana bloggers finally got to meet in person! We have been following each other on Social Media and reading blogs for months and sometimes years and it was great to put faces with names.  Everyone had cute sunglasses and name cards at their seats after we signed in. The agenda was perfect and ...

Happy Tuesday everyone!! This week's topic:  I am excited to share with you my favorite summer flashback - when we went to Hawaii in 2007!! Look how BEAUTIFUL it is!! That first picture is of Carly Summer when she was only 6!! The second is a pic of Diamondhead Volcano on Oahu. We stayed at the Wyndham Waikiki Beachwalk.  This was our view from the balcony.  It was a family vacation because my cousin Kathleen graduated from high school and wanted to go to Hawaii. Well, OKAY!! It was mom, dad, me, Carly, my sister and bro-in-law, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother. Here are some family candids: It was such an amazing trip!!  Turtle Bay where they were filming Lost!! We didn't see any stars though.  Beautiful sunset! We went snorkeling in Hanuama Bay and saw sea turtles!! We also visited Pearl Harbor. It was a very sobering experience.  You arrive at the memorial early and stand in the long, long line hoping to get a ticket for the day.  When you step onto...