Saturday, April 18, 2015. I am so excited today to be linking up for my first ever Bright Ideas Blog Hop. I am here today to tell you all about how I made over my student mailboxes. I always struggled with where in my classroom to put it! If you enjoyed this bright idea, please join me on Facebook. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Firstie Friends Spring Product Bundle Giveaway. Please click on the image below to go to a Google Doc wi.

Traditions, laughter and happily ever after. 5 Sanity Savers for the end of the school year. 2015-2016 Free Behavior Calendars UPDATED! Narrative Writing- The Heart of the Story. Turtle Close Read FREEBIE and End of Year Survival. Kindergarten Spring Open House! Filling.

My TN Clip Art Gallery. Thursday, September 1, 2016. New Fave Pencil Sharpener! I had been looking for something different than the typical old fashioned X-acto pencil sharpener for a LONG time. Most of the students coming in to first grade do not have the fine motor skills to run a regular classroom pencil sharpener. This summer I found a post about a specific pencil sharpener that kids with fine motor concerns can use without difficulty. There is a mount that you can purchase to .

Monday, June 26, 2017. To say that I have neglected this blog would be a HUGE understatement. And that is a HUGE win in my world. Rookie of testing the waters of ONLINE Dating. But, most importantly, I was TIRED.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015. I teach at a Charter school in Arizona, and we are on a modified year-round calendar. So, I have been back in the swing of things for a few weeks now. Begin our daily morning work. Learn about proper sentence structure and begin our daily journaling. Discuss friendship and character with Kevin Henkes stories. In her class for the month of August! .

Oriental Trading has fixed my sticker shortage . at least for a few weeks! They have such a large and fun selection! My kids went crazy over some of these new choices! My students have sticker charts that when full they earn a trip to the treasure chest. So, most of these will be used for their charts. These monster ones are HUGE! I love these stickers on a roll because I can tear them apart and leave them on their desk or stapled to their papers.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016. New School, New Grade Level and More! We have seven K teachers so far and I have met some of them and the rest of them I am meeting tonight for dinner with just our little K group. I love K and taught it for many years back before the common core stepped in and changed everything.

Sunday, September 23, 2012. Big Adjustment, Little Adjustment. Hello dear teacher friends! I have been absent for quite some time. Can you believe it is the end of September? Switching to another school and another grade has been, well, time consuming to say the least. But now that we are in some sort of routine, I am diving back into the blogging world to share ideas and find inspiration! Here is a little tour of what my new room looks like and and a few of my 2nd graders. How have you been? I am sneaki.

Good morning, friends! I hope I can still call you all that.