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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
Differentiated Task Boxes Differentiated Task Boxes are perfect for morning work, early finishers, centers, and reading or math groups. I’m sharing how my kindergarten students master the standards in their own individualized tasks perfect for their unique learning styles. Frustrated with morning work? Wishing for a better routine that does not involve multiple trips to the copier? Tired of wasting… Read More
The Pumpkin Smasher is the perfect book to work on prediction and writing skills with young students. I’m sharing this freebie with all newsletter subscribers this week and how we use this adorable Halloween craft and the activities to study essential skills! The Pumpkin Smasher Have you read this book? I like to say it is an oldie but a… Read More
My new favorite teacher-cessory! ❤️Doesn’t every black dress need a pair of ✏️ shoes???
This was so fun, the perfect way to practice letter and number formation, and the kids went nuts for it!
Would you or wouldn’t you?
😍I’m in love with these chairs that are perfect for my flexible seating classroom but they are $300 at Homegoods!
Please let me know when they go on 90% clearance!🤣
Tomorrow is a big day for us. ❤️Aniston is having surgery on both eyes and we would appreciate your prayers.
We began this journey when Aniston was just 2 years old. We noticed one of her eyes was turning in a bit. We started with glasses and soon had to begin patching.
To get my then 3 year old adjusted to patching, my sister had the idea of a patching tea party. ☕️ Everyone that came wore a patch. It definitely helped her get used to the idea and all of her family and friends gained empathy for how hard it is to only use one eye.
The thing is, we couldn’t REALLY understand. We patched her good eye. Her other eye could only see 150/20 when she began. This meant that with her patch on, she would run into things, fall on playground equipment, and cry when she couldn’t see things right in front of her face.
Over years of patching sometimes up to 8 hours a day, we were thrilled that her “bad” eye could see 30/20 with her glasses on and 20/20 with items up close. An answer to prayers!
For the last couple of years her eye immediately turns in when her glasses are removed but we’ve recently realized it is turning in with her glasses on too. That’s a problem and means surgery is the next step.
If you know a parent dealing with these issues, I have an old blog post that explains the tea party and her issues even more.
Her confidence never took a hit. I know lots of people patch at home but for us it helped take her mind off of it if we patched when we were out and about.
I remember being nervous those first few days when a little boy ran up to her and asked her why she was wearing the patch. At barely 3 she said, “My mommy says... the doctor says... I can wear it 3 hours and then take it off!” She said it with a shy smile and I was so impressed.
Please pray for the surgeon and for her. ❤️Maybe a little prayer to calm my nerves too.
This is a well-loved book in my classroom! Typically around 25% of my students are ESL learners. They love to hear those Spanish words and correct my pronunciation!🤣
This is a really cute book to start celebrating those language differences immediately!❤️
