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November Facebook Frenzy! Tons of FREE Resources!

Are you ready?!! It's only one sleep away!I am part of the November Facebook Frenzy and I am so excited!Did you take part in the October one? I did and I came away with a gazillion amazing FREE resources.  Did I mention free?!Remember to like my Facebook page to join in on the fun starting tomorrow!Stop by here after and tell me about all of the great things you were able to get, I would love to hear from you! DON'T MISS OUT! Thank you! ... Read the Post

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Our Latest Inquiry project!

Have you ever had  those moments in teaching where you spend a lot of time planning out a lesson only to have it flop? That has happened to me more times than I care to share! BUT on the flip side, there are those times where you fly by the seat of your pants and it is the best lesson you've ever done! That is where I am at this week.I am so excited to share about our latest inquiry project!!We were supposed to be studying properties of liquids and solids with my first graders and energy ... Read the Post

Five for Friday!

This will be the LAST Halloween related post, I promise (until next year hehe)!I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs this week to share what I've been up to this week during the craziness that is Halloween.We started working on predicting last week as well as adding responses into our Reader's Notebooks.  I read the story "Oliver Button is a Sissy"...fantastic book by the way! This was one of my second graders responses in his notebook.  I used his response to show the other students what ... Read the Post

Looking for a Halloween Craft?

I did this super cute and easy craft with my students today:What you need:Orange construction paper cut into 4" by 18" stripsPumpkin tracers that are about 4" by 4.5"Black and green construction paper pieces any size for the stems and the faceFirst you need to fold the orange paper in half.Then fold it in half again so that you have 4 sections as shown in the final product.In each section you need to use the pumpkin tracer to trace a pumpkin.  The pumpkin needs to touch the fold lines. ... Read the Post

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A Halloween Book!

I had never heard of this book before but I am sure lucky I got it! I can't wait to read it to my students on Halloween.I actually got this book for free from Scholastic because a book I ordered was on back order so they sent me this one in its place! I really lucked out because the back ordered book arrived like 3 days later.Here is the description from Amazon:The troublemaking students of Ms. Jenkins' class arrive at school one day to discover a substitute creacher has come to put a ... Read the Post

A Traditions and Celebrations Inquiry and some Candy Estimation…

I blogged before about the Traditions and Celebrations unit we have been working on and now it is coming to an end! Today we had a multicultural celebration where the students brought in special artifacts from home. Each student brought an item related to a special celebration that their family has.  They talked about why their item is important and what celebration it is for.  They also answered some very thoughtful and relevant questions from the other students who were listening ... Read the Post

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