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Georgia On My Mind

I cannot stop thinking about my awesome bloggy meet-up last weekend in Georgia.  It was so AMAZING!!! How did I end up in Georgia, you might be thinking?  Well, I had been trying to meet up with my first blog/teacher friends, Anna Brantley of Crazy for First and Cheryl Saoud of Primary ...

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Letter and Postcard Writing!

I created this unit last year and it is still by far one of my favorites.  *If you purchased this unit last year, please re-download.  I added a few more pages.  Click on the thumbnail to check it out on TpT.  My favorite letter writing activity is when the students pretend they ...

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Filed Under: Letter and Postcard Writing, Uncategorized

Ant Trouble!

Sweating, heart racing, cursing, jumping, stomping, and eventually yelling as an ant went flying through the air and landed on my pant leg.  Can you say stressed!?  Yes, this is how my classroom aide and I spent our prep...wrangling harvester ants!  Harvester ants are large ...

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Filed Under: ants, Free Downloads, Science, Uncategorized

Bears!!!

We just finished two bear themed stories in our reading series, Splash! and Little Bear's Friend.  Besides reading the stories, I decided to do a whole bear thematic unit.  I updated what I had already had and  I utilized my sweet friend, Rachelle's A Unit All About Bears With Math, ...

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Filed Under: Bears, Common Core, Math Centers, Science, Uncategorized, Writing

Spring Products!

I had a few requests to add a plant observation log to my "My Seed to Plant Project."  Please, re-download for the update!  If you have not purchased it, it is a quick and easy supplement to your current plant curriculum and is only $2!    Here is my tip for planting ...

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Filed Under: Math Centers, Science, Spring, Teachers Pay Teachers, Uncategorized

20 Super Spelling Centers Contest!

Contest Closed!  Winner will be announced soon. A Scholastic red and white box was on my step when I got home from work today.  At first, I thought I had sent my March Scholastic order to my home address on accident.  Then it dawned on me that it was my new book!  Its ...

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Filed Under: My Scholastic Books, Uncategorized

This and That and More Questions Answered!

Yup, that's me!  After four years of selling for TpT, I am finally in the newsletter as "Featured Teacher-Author!"  So beyond happy!!  Click {here} to see the whole newsletter.   Click {here} to follow me on FB where I do a weekly newsletter shout out! I am working on a few ...

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Aarrgh! Awesome Pirate Products!

Ahoy Mateys!  Aargh you looking for pirate themed packet?  I love pirates, my students love pirates, and I know you will love these pirate packets.  So bookmark or pin this post and start shopping! Click on the pictures to go directly to TpT to shop!  Scroll to the end of this ...

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0-120 Charts and Activities – Common Core Aligned!

This $4 Common Core aligned packet is for six activities based on a 0-120 chart.  I have included four versions of the chart.  The activities are as follows: Fill in the Missing Number Adding Tens - An Introduction to Two Digit Addition Ten Less & Ten More One Less, One More, Ten Less, ...

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Leprechauns!

   My firsties are obsessed with leprechauns this year.  They are loving every activity we do and every book we read!  I am having a blast, too.  We wrote letters to the leprechaun after reading Dear Mr. Leprechaun: Letters from My First Friendship by Martin ...

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