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Guided Math & Math Stations {Part 2}
There are 9 basic components of Guided Math. Below I will give you a brief overview of each component and then we will dive DEEP into each component as my Get Your Groove On with Guided Math Blog Series continues. Here are the 9 basic components of Guided Math: {Click…
Branches of Government & a Freebie!!!
Hi Friends….Hope this blog post finds you well! We just started our unit on the Branches of Government in class this past week and my little ones are really enjoying it. I have always found that teaching this subject is somewhat difficult for my students to understand and I hadn’t…
Brain Breaks with GoNoodle
Hi Friends… Thanks so much for stopping by today. I recently started doing Brain Breaks in my classroom with my kiddos and I LOVE them…but more importantly, my KIDS LOVE THEM! I have a wonderful class of little ones this year, but many of them have the wiggly squiggles 🙂…
End of the Year Activities = FUN!
Hi Friends… hope this blog post finds you well. Just wanted to share a few activities that I do with my kiddos during the last few weeks of school. I don’t finish my year until the last week of June, but I know that many schools end in May so…
Forms of Energy & a FREEBIE!!!
Hi Friends… Thanks so much for stopping by today 🙂 I wanted to share with you how I go about teaching Forms of Energy. As part of our science curriculum we are expected to teach different forms of energy through the use of experiments. It always seemed that this unit…
Dictionary Skills…Made EASY!
Hello my friends…Do you have to teach Dictionary Skills to your students? I do! And let me tell you…. THIS IS NO EASY TASK!!!! 🙂 Teaching my little ones how to use Guide Words to “guide” them through the dictionary is difficult…so what did I do??? I created a resource…
Best Earth Day Ideas
Hi Friends….I just wanted to drop in and do a quick little blog post on Earth Day. It is coming up in April and I am a bit of a pre-planner…can you say…{type a}…I digress 🙂 I’ve been wanted to share some of my best Earth Day Ideas, Books and…
Guided Math and Math Stations
Hi Friends…. How many times have you put out Math Stations or Centers and your students constantly come up to you with question after question, even after you explained the directions?? Yep…I know the answer is A LOT! There is a solution to this, though. It’s all about CONSISTENCY and REVIEW!…
Valentine’s Day School Activities
Hi Everyone…Valentine’s Day is almost here…YIPPEEE! I am excited because I will read my ALL TIME FAVORITEbook called… Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli and do all of my favorite Valentine’s Day school activities! These Valentine’s Day ideas are PERFECT for second and third graders! Your students will…
I’m LUCKY… St. Patrick’s Day Freebie 🙂
Hi Friends… Guess What???!!!! I just hit 4,000 Facebook Followers today! Yippeeeeeeee! I feel soooooo LUCKY to have so many teachers finding value in the resources that I create and the blog posts that I write it is just overwhelming and I am grateful… I am honored… and I am so LUCKY!!!…
Rural, Urban, and Suburban Communities = FUN!
It’s a SNOW DAY….YIPPPEEEE! Pancakes for the kids……Check. Hot yummy coffee…Check. Comfy sweatshirt and socks..Check. E-mail and Facebook..Check . And NOW I want to share with you how I teach my unit on Rural, Urban, & Suburban Communities in my classroom! A few weeks back, my little second graders…
Behavior Management Tips In The Classroom
“Don’t Rip Your Hair Out” over behavior management is the theme of my post today. I wanted to share with you my classroom management procedures that I have set in place within my 2nd grade classroom. A few years ago, I felt that my classroom management techniques…
The Simply Skilled Scoop!
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