Today I’m linking up with Blog Hoppin’ for Teacher Week! When I was thinking about my “must haves”, I was having a difficult time doing only school things. That’s only part of my life. I finally broke it down to these 3 categories: in the classroom, as a teacher, at home. Must Haves: In the […]
My birthday is this weekend and I am excited and thankful for another year of life! I wanted to throw a little sale in my TpT store to celebrate! The sale is Saturday-Sunday at midnight. Hop over and see if there is something for your little ones as you prepare for your first week of […]
I was asked to include second grade in the G.O. Book Cover. It was easy peasy and I’m happy to help! Here you go!
I have been back in my classroom over the last week. I have only had about 3 or 4 hours a day, but I figured it’s better than no time at all. I truly feel for those who can’t get into their classrooms yet! We couldn’t get in until 3 days before meet the teacher […]
I don’t know about you guys, but I have one more week until I must officially report back. That means one more week of MY schedule. Embrace it! Enjoy every last minute of it! Pretty soon the we will be into October and missing our 2 months of summer vacation! (We never really have 3 […]
Here in Texas, ya’ll, we don’t use the Common Core. We have TEKS as our curriculum. Then, within each district, most have their own curriculum. Mine uses CSCOPE. Last year was my first year in a district that uses CSCOPE. I felt like I spent half of the year trying to figure out all the […]
Oh, friends…how I adore my Cameo. I have a Cricut which my hubs gave me after my first year of teaching. I loved it and used it a lot. Then last summer I saw that Silhouette came out with the Cameo and it immediately went onto my Christmas list! I was super excited to be […]
I’m beginning to feel overwhelmed with back to school tasks already. Is anyone else feeling the same way? It’s a mixture between “AHHH! My summer is almost over!!” and “I can’t wait to get my classroom decorated!” and “Oh, that’s a fabulous new idea. How do I make sure I do that this year?”. SO […]
Today I’m linking up with Mrs. Lemons! I have fallen in love with both her school blog and her personal blog. She’s been so sweet and has been so encouraging to me, too. I’m so thankful for gals who love the Lord in blog land! 🙂 1. I’m the oldest of 3 kids. My brothers […]
I have always tracked reading levels and discussed them with the students even. I think they like the challenge of knowing where they need to go next and the excitement of moving up a level. Many of my co-workers tracked fluency levels this year. I have just always tracked it once they were reading a […]
We studied inventors a couple of weeks back. The kids LOVED it!! They got excited, couldn’t wait to see who we would learn about next and really liked making connections between inventors. We read picture books about each inventor (Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison). I passed out the pictures, words, and year pictures to […]
I have pretty much abandoned this sweet little blog since last November. So many sweet ladies have left me comments and even asked for some things. I have tried to keep up with those, but have just not had the energy to sit down, upload pictures (the few that I do have), and write. Today […]
We have talked and talked, until I’m about blue in the face and SO bored with it, about great American citizens. We focused on Benjamin Franklin for a couple of days. We read a couple of books and talked about his inventions. We also talked about the many things he helped begin in America–fire stations, […]
Our curriculum does not even touch Thanksgiving. I decided to sneak some in during our LA block. As I was reading a non-fiction book, I paused for the kids to fill in the word “Mayflower”. When NO ONE–and I mean absolutely no one–knew the name of the ship, I knew I had to find other […]
[Just realized that this post never got posted! It was supposed to post September 19. Oops! Sharing it now!] I always enjoy teaching about American symbols and Texas symbols. Since I’m in 1st grade this year, I must say goodbye to Texas symbols. I purchased Deanna Jump’s unit this year. It was the first time […]
We discussed family traditions this week. (If you are like me, you are thinking, “In OCTOBER?? Why not in November or December??” Well, thanks to the lovely C-Scope {NOT a fan!}, we discussed family traditions during October.) We read several books such as The Keeping Quilt and The Relatives Came. We brainstormed a list of […]
For the last 2 weeks in math we have been discussing graphs. I am quickly learning that I need to assume nothing when it comes to their prior learning experiences. I decided that we would rewind, and review the small things. I started with Parts of a Graph and Types of Graphs. We then, slowly, […]
I can’t believe I’m going to say this. I just might lose all of you. So just prepare yourselves. Go ahead, gasp. I do not like the CAFE system. There. I said it. Are you still reading? Good! I have told you all before what a big fan of Lucy Calkin’s I have become. Her […]
