As I was setting up my classroom this week, I looked at the other done classrooms and noticed they had little bags on the students' desk for first day gifts. Ahh, I totally forgot to get first day gifts. Back when I started teaching, no one even thought of giving gifts. Now, it seems to be the ...
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Teacher Week: When & What (Free Phonics Scope & Sequence)
I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' for "When" of teacher week. Here is my plan book. I am still working figuring out what my schedule will be for next school year. We have a changed lunch and prep. I will still be teaching the same things, I just need to work out the ...
Teacher Week: Organization – My Top Four Tips
Organization is my forte! If you read my last post, you know that my classroom is more organized than my own home. Why? Why be organized? I like to be organized because, I spend a lot of time in my classroom. I feel stressed or frazzled when I cannot find things. ...
Teacher Week: Who
I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' for our annual Teacher Week! I have been blogging for quite some time. You probably already know that I love shoes, animals, and my blogging friends. Here are a few more things about me. I have enjoyed spending time with my nephew ...
Back to School Plans for the First Week of First Grade
I don't start school until September 2nd, but I thought I would share with you what I normally do the first two weeks of school! I start the year by celebrating the students with an All About Me unit. I take tons of pictures of my students. We use these photos for their student ...
TpT Download Technical Difficulty Help
I wake up to about 6 questions a day in my TpT store. Most of these questions are related to some sort of technical difficulty. I created this post to help. I hope it will give easy visual answers to your questions. Feel free to pin this post and refer to it in the future or ...
Classroom Door Decor Ideas
Your door is the first thing your students will see on the first day of school. Make them feel welcome and help them find your room by placing their names on your door. My students use the door decor to easily find our room. It is very rare that a stray student wanders ...
GoNoodle is Hoppin’ – Using GoNoodle with Special Needs Students
My students and I use GoNoodle! Do you? GoNoodle.com is a website with a compilation of FREE brain breaks. The energy levels of the brain breaks range from calming yoga style to get your heart rate going Zumba. As you can see above my students REALLY get into it. They loved ...
New Blog Design and a MixedBag Designs Giveaway!
I love changing things up. I loved my old blog design, but I was wanting something a bit BOLDER! After seeing what Parker Jones did for Blog Hoppin', I decided to to got to PJ's Design Laboratory for my blog redesign. I love it! I hope you do, too! To celebrate my ...
Check Out What I Bought!
Have you been shopping? I just spent a small fortune during the TpT Back to School Sale. I'm joining the "Show Us What You Bought Linky" on Blog Hoppin' to... you guessed it, show you what I bought! Hope King's: Set the Stage to Engage Susan Jones': Quick Checks for 1st Grade Michelle ...
