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Goodbye July, Aloha August! Summer Sale and amazing Giveaway!

Can it be possible??? July is nearly over???I have teamed up with 40 fabulous stores for...This is a FABULOUS 4 day event that is full of sweet deals, savings and 4 amazing giveaways!Here's a peek at what you are being treated to...Each day a new 'deal' will be posted by the 40 participating stores! Be sure to visit their Facebook, Instagram and/or Pinterest accounts to find the daily deals and codes you will use in the TPT search engine to find the sweet deals!(you ... Read the Post

Raising Baby Chicks in the Classroom: A Classroom Pet Inquiry

Why yes, now that you mention it...I am slightly crazy!Raising baby chicks in the classroom is really not all that bad. It takes a bit of work but the learning is worth the time and effort. Plus, baby chicks are just so cute!Awww isn't she cute!So this post will be a bit of a "how to" on raising baby chicks in the classroom but you'll also see some of the learning my students did as a result of our adventure!The thing about raising baby chicks in the classroom is that they turn into chickens ... Read the Post

Beginning of the Year Read Alouds! So excited!

One of the best ways to start your day is waking up to an Amazon shipment on your front door step!Oh yes, this is how I started my day. I knew that despite my stupid summer head cold, today would still be a great day! So, I'm linking up with Deanna Jump for her Book Talk Tuesday Linky!I actually got 5 books in the mail today but I'm only going to tell you about 3 of them. I'll save the other 2 for a rainy day.I got this beautiful box set called the Peter Reynolds Creatrilogy Box Set (Dot, Ish, ... Read the Post

Poem of the Week: How I Use it in My Classroom and a Back to School Freebie!

Using a Poem of the Week strategy is a great way to incorporate poetry in the classroom. Poetry is such a great tool for teaching most curriculum concepts including decoding, fluency, sight word building and just about any other concept you can think of. The natural flow of the words, the often catchy rhymes, and the silliness of children's poems make them ideal for using in the classroom. Read on to find out how I use a poem of the week to develop fluency, decoding skills and more. I use a ... Read the Post

Monday Made It: Pinterest Board Covers

I'm linking up with Tara from Fourth Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It linky.I've recently seen several people makeover their Pinterest board covers and I think it creates a nice uniform look. I always felt my boards looked cluttered...and I HATE clutter! So my Monday Made It this week is my new Pinterest board covers:When making an image for your covers the important thing is that you need to resize your image to something smaller. If you leave the image full size it won't ... Read the Post

End of the School Year Part 2!

It's every teacher's favorite time of year! The last two weeks of school...I find it to be the best time for community building and doing some really fun activities as things wind down.I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs to share my second last week of school with you!We finished reading the book, Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. It's such a great book! I love doing things with read alouds to help bring the book alive for my students. I decided to surprise them with my own version of freckle ... Read the Post