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We started our unit on Johnny Appleseed today. I’m thrilled that all of the activities included in my TPT store will be more than enough to keep us busy for this entire week in both reading and math. (A little science experiment is thrown in there too!) You can grab your copy by clicking on the cover below. I started… Read More
Phew! This has been a week. You have no idea how many times I forgot what day it was. It has been that crazy. I’m a mentor teacher at my school so I’m juggling evaluating other teachers, being observed myself, 16 kindergarten kids at the beginning of the year, and coming home to a 1 and a 3 year old…. Read More
We have had SO MUCH FUN with this unit. We decided to finish off the unit with a coconut tasting activity and some center activities. (These will be pulled out as needed throughout the school year.) If you haven’t had a chance to grab the resource yet for your students or children, click on the cover below. You will use… Read More
So… now that you are wondering what those three words are, I need to give you a bit of background information. I am a kindergarten teacher at Westwood Elementary and we are officially an Energy Bus School. My principal is very big on creating a positive environment for staff and students. According to their website, “The Energy Bus for Schools… Read More
This has been the craziest most exciting week for me! Besides the fact that school is back in session – which is always an exciting time, my video was featured in the TPT newsletter! It is easy for your resources to get lost in all of the amazing resources in TPT so the newsletter gives your product a chance to… Read More
Oh my heart! I have always dreamed of having daughters (SISTERS!!!) and a trip to the Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, GA can make me want to weep at the fact that I have my little girls. 🙂 It really is a fun little outing for your kids and would be a “must-see” for our family so I… Read More
We read The Dot today which has to be one of the greatest books for kindergarten students. I ❤️ the message and decided my kids should make their own dots with watercolors and our big-oh-so-special-and-expensive easel paper. They were thrilled! I lined them all up on one edge of our tables and they set to work. Only problem? 😬Today was our Kindergarten program & I never thought about it not being a good day to get paint out. Oops! I was scrubbing dresses and shirts before the parents arrived for a good 30 minutes! 🙄 I’m kind of known for being the teacher who may be doing Modge Podge right before an announced observation so I just go with it.🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️😉
We’ve been cleaning tables with shaving cream! Best end of the year activity ever! I encouraged them to practice sight words.☺️ One of my students has a “Gran” in the school and I thought this was the sweetest kiss.💋
That beautiful moment when you see one of your students bring a BOOK to the playground and everyone gathers around! 😍🙌🏽📚
The one and only time I will ever receive a surprise for my dancing skills (or lack of)!😂After seeing our rainy day dance video Shawna Simmons Streeter sent these goodies to me and my students from Go Noodle! We have been using the program every day since they contacted me. The word obsessed doesn’t even come close to describing their excitement when they see me turning it on! It really is the perfect brain break and SO MUCH FUN. 🙌🏽Thank you @gonoodle!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hosting the Mother’s Day Tea was the most meaningful and sweet event I’ve ever been a part of as a teacher. The kids were so excited to give their moms the hats, necklaces, and writing we finished for them. The room looked so cute and the kids were the perfect little servers and performers. There were lots of tears shed and meaningful memories created. I will do this EVERY year going forward. It’s a must! Head over to the blog to see how we pulled it off!
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