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How to Teach Retell Strategies using Technology Today I’m sharing something that has puzzled me for quite some time: how to teach retell strategies using technology! We’ll go over how to use Boom Cards or Google™ Classroom so students can read or listen to fairy tales, practice identifying characters or setting, place the major events in order, and so much… Read More
Easter and Spring S’mores are sure to keep student engagement high while working on essential ELA and Math skills for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students. Today I’m sharing how we use these activities to work on writing! Easter and Spring S’mores Easter and Spring S’mores are such a hit with my students! I mean, can you really blame them?… Read More
Easter Activities and Freebies Celebrate Easter or springtime with these no mess low prep Easter activities and freebies for primary students! The STEM project, easy egg dying project, free CVC & CCVC egg hunts, and Easter s’mores will keep your students engaged while working on essential math and reading skills! Spring is in the Air I love this time of… Read More
Pick a Card Games are my kindergarten students favorite way to practice letter recognition and sounds, number recognition, rhyming words, CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, shapes, and so much more! Today I’m sharing how I use these fun games in my classroom to keep students motivated and engaged. Before we begin, I want to warn you that your students will BEG you… Read More
These thanksgiving crafts, activities, centers, and STEM projects will keep preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students engaged during the month of November! I’m also sharing costume and more fun ideas! Thanksgiving is the Perfect Time of Year I just love this time of year! The weather is FINALLY cooling down, my kindergarten students are starting to really get the hang… Read More
This Chocolate Chip Ghost unit will have your students engaged and excited for Halloween! My students love the friendly, non-spooky, and predictable nature of this adorable story. The Chocolate Chip Ghost We’ve been gearing up for Halloween with one of my favorite units about the 5 Little Pumpkins. I can’t wait to share how this next unit went over with… Read More
Those rhododendrons look so pretty framing the girls’ playhouse! 🌸Are you interested in seeing their playhouse up close? I can share how we transformed a store bought one into the perfect one for us if so!
Grabbed the 🎓 from school to take Aniston’s pictures.
We made it! Some people suggested I shouldn’t have her in my classroom. I have never regretted it for a second.
That does not mean it was all 🦋s and 🌈s! I was used to getting to work early for some quiet time before the rush of 5 year olds. Not anymore! It was a huge job to even get to work a few minutes early.
She tested me too. There were times I had to ask my husband to talk to her because of “the teacher’s” not too good report.
She is strong willed and didn’t always want to listen. During an observation this year, my administrator wrote, “One student dominating attention. Teacher handled it.” 🤣That was my Aniston! She could be whiny and a tad rebellious.
BUT she could also be helpful, compassionate, and an obvious leader in the classroom. She was excited about every new unit and the first to take a shy student under her wing.
The chance to spend a school year (or 131 days of the 180 day year🤪) teaching my daughter was so special for both of us.
My favorite thing was seeing her develop friendships with her classmates but it has been such a blessing to be right beside her through so many 💡 moments.
I have always been torn whether I should stay at home or be with my students and this was a wonderful opportunity to fulfill 2 of my most treasured roles.
So would you or wouldn’t you try this? Not all districts allow it. I am thankful to work for one that trusts my decision and already looking forward to having her little sister in 2021!❤️
$1 deal for Teacher Appreciation Week! 🎉This is an editable 127 page resource! Hurry!
So much fun surprising students with pinwheels in their yards! They are from the Dollar Tree! 🙌🏽
