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Problem Solved and Visual Plans for the Week of 3/31

Do you remember my post last week about the "bane of my existence?"   You all were so sweet and gave me some awesome suggestions.  So many of you suggested the Classroom Friendly Supplies Pencil Sharpener.  I checked it out and thought it was worth a shot.  It came in the mail ...

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Visual Plans for 2/24/14

Sadly, I have spent this beautiful day working on lesson plans, this post, and SDE handouts.  Last day of my week off and time just flew by!   Now, I have to print and cut and laminate my new Long O centers for next week.   I hope you check this packet out:  Here are my ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Visual Plans for the Week of 11/5 – th digraph focus and bats

This week we are learning about bats, subtraction, short o,  and the th digraph.  The students are pretty good with short o, so my literacy centers this week will have more of a focus on the th digraph.  I created a whole literacy center packet around it!    Here is a peek ...

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Pumpkin Plans, Informational Text Features, and More!!

This post is full of info and an informational text features FREE download!  I thought I would give you the FYI at the top because I don't want you to miss out on the freebie.  It is towards the end of the post.   I just finished this huge pumpkin themed, center focused unit. I ...

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Farm Theme! Visual Plans, a Freebie, a Flash Contest, Nashville Recap, and More!

This week we are visiting a farm.   I love this trip - 12th time and it still does not get old.  I just love feeding farm animals!  To make the trip more meaningful to my students, I created a farm themed unit called Down on the Farm Literacy, Math, & Science Centers & ...

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A Laura Numeroff Themed Week (Visual Plans)

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I am a bit behind on the visual plans, these are actually last week's plans.   I am not sure if I will ever get caught up enough to post ahead of time.  I hope you don't mind.  I think if you are a visual person, like me, you might like seeing the photos of the centers better anyway! ...

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The Cat’s Pajamas and Plans for the Week (Plus a Freebie)

 Last week focused on the -at word family and I decided to build a cat themed unit around it.   My students LOVED the picture books I found:  Cat Secrets, Grumpy Cat, Cat the Cat, and Kat Kong.   Here is a peek at my week.  Click to download.  I have included a freebie ...

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Visual Plans for the First and Second Week of School

For details on the frame, see this post. This is my second week of school and I feel like I have been there for a month already!  I know many of you went back in GASP August!   The North East seems to all start around the same time, right after Labor Day.  This year was a little ...

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