Bright Ideas! Making the Most of Your Anchor Charts!
I'm joining LOTS of other bloggers in a BIG blog hop to share some bright ideas and time-saving tips you can use in your classroom! Here are some ideas for making the most of your anchor charts!Anchor...
View ArticleWorking With Arrays And A Multiplication Freebie!
Happy almost St. Patrick's Day! Here's a fun and easy math idea for working with arrays.I used little cauldrons I had left from Halloween and turned them into pots of gold!Shhh....The "gold" is Lemon...
View ArticleIt's Plantin' Time! Writing About Science & A Freebie
Graphic by Melonheadz Background by The 3am Teacher Happy Spring! I am so enjoying our warm spring temperatures! Spring weather means plantin' time so last week during Spring Break I spruced up my...
View ArticlePlanting Arrays & A Freebie!
Happy Saturday! I hope you're enjoying warmer weather where you are! I thought I'd do a quick post and share a little impromptu lesson we did last week.We're reviewing for state testing and since it's...
View ArticleStudent Spaces The Desk Fairy Will Love!
Welcome to another Bright Ideas Blog Hop!I'm joining 150 different bloggers to bring youtips, tricks and bright ideas you can use in your classroom!Don't you love those mornings when you walk in to an...
View ArticlePoetry and Painting and Butterflies, Oh My!
I know many of you are on Spring break this week and I hope you're enjoying some time resting and relaxing! Our spring life cycle study continues and over the next few weeks we'llbe raising...
View ArticleLeapin' Life Cycles!
Leapin' life cycles we had fun with these frogs! So far we've learned about the life cycles of butterflies, plants, and now frogs. My team and I decided we'd use life cycles as the theme for our end of...
View ArticleOffice Staff Appreciation Freebie
We wouldn't make it a minute at my school without our wonderfuloffice staff. They are the first responders for all the little ins and outs and unexpected events that naturally happen when you work...
View ArticleGraphic Novel Style Memory Books for K-3!
My end of year To Do List is long I tell ya! We've been busy, busy, busyreviewing for our last quarterly benchmark, getting everybody'send of year literacy assessments done, and finishing up...
View ArticleIt's a Teacher Appreciation Sale!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!To celebrate, everything in my TeachersPayTeachers store is 20% off May 6 & 7.Use the PROMO Code TPTXO to save an additional 10%!Don't forget to leave feedback on...
View Article#fluencyfun!
It's been a bit since I last posted with all of the end of year craziness I'm trying to stay ahead of! Before I show you what we've been up to (besides a multitude of assessments, a field trip, our...
View ArticleEnding Our Year In A Life Cycle Garden
Oh, sweet summertime! Friday was my last day at schooland before I forget I wanted to share some of the fun things did for our end of year open house. Every year I take all kinds of pictures of this...
View ArticleYou're Finally Here! {Book Talk Tuesday}
I've been searching high and low for quite some time now for something a little different in the back-to-school book department and I FINALLY found it!I literally got giddy in the bookstore over all of...
View ArticleLouder, Lili: A Little Gem Of A Back-To-School Book!
As I said in my previous post, I'm always on the lookout fornew books (or ones I haven't yet discovered!). Especially those I can use at the beginning of the year.(I'm still waiting for Natasha Wing to...
View ArticleBack To School Sale!
It's back-to-school sale time!Everything in my store will be 20% off Monday and TuesdayAugust 4-5. Save an additional 10% with the PROMO Code: BTS14Here's a peek at some of my most popular...
View ArticleYou're Finally Here! {Our First Week Back}
I've been waiting and waiting, printing and prepping, plotting and planning for my brand new class. I've looked so forward to meeting them, putting faces to their names and welcoming them to second...
View ArticleBeating The Bulletin Board Blues!
I'm linking up with another Bright Ideas Blog Hop to bring you some time saving tips to help you beat those back to school bulletin board blues! When setting up my classroom I like to hang my boards...
View ArticleA Girl's Gotta Have A Good Pen {Five For Friday & A Teacher Friend Freebie}
Happy Friday, teacher friends! I'm linking up with Doodlebugs Teachingfor anotherFive for Friday! Here's a little peek at my week...I have to say that I'm loving these Frixion pens!Fine line and...
View ArticleFind Me For A Freebie!
Happy Sunday friends! I'm over at Owl-ways Be Inspired today withsome fun book ideas and a freebie for teaching about cause and effect!Head on over and check it out!
View ArticleBeating the Bulletin Board Blues 2: Make 'Em POP!
Welcome back to another Bright Ideas Blog Hop!Last month I shared some time-saving tips for hanging and storing your back to school bulletin boards in Beating the Bulletin Board Blues!This time I'm...
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