Last month, I flew to North Carolina to work with Carson-Dellosa on their Color Me Bright and Carson Kids decor sets. Despite being REALLY sick with a virus, I made it through the weekend and even enjoyed myself. Thursday night, I was all packed and ready to go Friday after work, when the ...
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Celebrating the 101st Day of School: Dalmatian Style
I decided to start celebrating the 101st day of school because our Kindergarten usually does a big 100th Day of School. I wanted my first graders to have something new and exciting to celebrate. I hope you check out this packet and it helps you start a new tradition! Included: • File ...
Getting Started on TpT
I am often emailed and asked how to get started on TpT (TeachersPayTeachers). I am going to be honest and tell you that I have yet to respond to those messages. Before you go thinking that I am some big "meanie," here is the reason: It is not some one line explanation I can give ...
What I’m Doing this Week: Plans, Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Updates, and Links for Freebies
I am cramming in a few holidays before we have off for February Break next week. We are celebrating and learning about Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day. I have included my plans for the week in this post and links for some freebies! We are supposed to get hit with more snow ...
Super Sunday Sale
I actually won't be watching the events of Super Sunday, but that is not stopping me from throwing a sale in my TpT shop. Click the image above to shop and take advantage of 20% off prices. I currently in Greensboro, NC for Carson Dellosa's Creative Blogger Summit 2014. I am ...
Celebrating the 100th Day of School!
We have another few weeks before we celebrate the 100th Day of School, but I notice many friends in blogland are already celebrating. So, I thought I would put together this post highlighting some ideas for celebrating the 100th day. Here are some things you can do to lead up to the ...
Jam Packed Post: What’s New, Short u Phonics Based Literacy Centers, & Freebie
I have some exciting news! Carson-Dellosa Publishing has selected me to be part of their Creative Partner Blogger Summit! Here is my letter! I am one of just five bloggers invited. I cannot wait to share with you my experiences and to hang out with the other four ...
Peek at My Week: Visual Plans for 1/13 & ch themed centers
This week we are learning about the ch digraph and continuing to learn about penguins. I created ch digraph themed literacy centers and they are now available on TpT (click here). Below, I am sharing my classroom news, vocabulary words, and plans for the week. Just click the images to ...
Classroom Dojo
This year, I changed my behavior systems over from a warning board to Classroom Dojo. I heard about Classroom Dojo from my amazing friend, Deedee Wills in this blog post. The kids love it, my principal loves it, the parents love it, and I love it! It is just this amazing, free, ...
Visual Plans – Week of 1/6/13 – Happy New Year
New Year and back with visual plans. I am going to try and post these each week, but I have to tell you it is a lot of work! I also have a hard enough time getting my own plans done in advance, let alone add links to them! We are doing Engage NY math modules and sometimes the ...
