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Happy Labor Day y'all!! I really hope everyone enjoyed their day off and you are all well rested for a fantastic week!!  Linking up with Mrs. Wills Kindergarten for Peek at my Week! Here are my plans for the week:  We've been having a FABULOUS time with Deanna Jump and DeeDee Wills' Writing Through the Year !! The kiddos have done so well. Last week, we introduced working with a partner for noticing and questioning.  And their writing?? Totes Adorbs!! The kids are also doing well with the centers. Have you heard of Code.org ?? You need to be on it. Now. Seriously go check it out. I'll wait.  The students play games that teach them about computer coding. It's Angry Birds, Frozen, Disney Infinity, puzzles...everything they love! Some more center fun! And of course we play Go Noodle!! Gotta have those Brain Breaks! Quick Peek: This week in ELA we will be focusing on Author's Word Choice, beginning sounds, adjectives, Text and Graphic Features, and short e words.  ...

Happy Friday Y'all!! It's the last day of Blog Hoppin's Teacher Week 2015. Today's topic is Favorite Subject! I would have to say my favorite subject to teach is READING!! I love to read so I love to share my LOVE of reading with my kiddos. Since I work in a school that isn't required to follow a specific curriculum, I'm free to design my own reading program. We use Journeys as a supplement though and follow the spelling and high frequency words in the curriculum. Why? To be honest, it's just easier! It's already there, each week, ready for us. Another Sanity Saver!! I usually begin each reading mini lesson with a read aloud of a book that showcases our skills for the week. For example, when teaching story structure I may read a fairy tale. I use voices and I'm really animated when I read! Anything to get the students interested in the book. I'm always modeling what good readers should do, so I will stop and talk about what we've read so far....

Happy Thursday! How is everybody?? It's Friday Eve and the fourth day of the Blog Hoppin' Teacher Week 2015!! Today's topic is Sanity Savers: What Makes Work Easier??  One Word: Astrobrights! This paper is the best thing since sliced bread. Like the best. I use Astrobrights to color code EVERYTHING!! I use it for file organization, classroom decor, labels, notes home, storage, etc.  Here is an example:  With my Math centers, I usually make about 5-6 copies of each center. Why? Because I have 26 students and when I have 6 students trying to do one center all at the same time it tends to get a little louder than is necessary. And then stuff gets lost and kids start getting a little rowdy while they wait for pieces from the center. BUT if I have a center for each student or pairs of students then this issue goes away.  When I make a new center or purchase a new center I make sure to have it available in B&W as well. INK SAVER ALERT!! Then I print them out in differ...

Hi y'all!! It's already Wednesday of Blog Hoppin's Teacher Week 2015! Today is all about classroom tours!!! I can't wait to see everybody's classrooms! At the beginning of August I did my official Classroom Reveal here on the blog . (It's a little long of a post, so I'll condense it here to just the overview and my favorite place). I LOVE MY CLASSROOM!!! It makes me so happy everyday to walk in and inspire little minds :) These are the four corners of my room.  My absolute favorite place in the whole room is the Classroom Library.   I've spent years collecting books for my library. It is the most prized possession I own. I have labeled, categorized, color coded, sorted, databased (is that even a word??) every book and I keep it in this handy binder.  These fancy new bins are from Big Lots and the labels with the pictures match the labels I have on the books. Makes it easier for my little munchkins to find and put up books.  Well that's it for my shor...