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Teacher Talk Tuesday and Get Fit!

Are you on instagram? I just joined recently after reading so many teachers rave about it. I have to say, I am loving it so far. I started using it so that I could participate in Mz. BBZ's fitness challenge!If you want to join up use the #PADfitness! Check out the image below for the daily activities we are posting photos about...and feel free to jump in at any time!And just today I joined in with #teachertalktuesday which was started by What The Teacher ... Read the Post

My First Five for Friday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs this week for her weekly 5 For Friday Linky. If you haven't checked out her wonderful blog yet...well, you should!So Five things from this week...here we go.1. I am sitting here slacking off writing report cards. To be fair, I am more than half finished BUT I took a break to go buy sunglasses, to go to the Dollar Store to get canvas for our Father's Day art project, and to get subway for lunch. Then I had a chocolate break (mandatory report card ... Read the Post

We set them free!!!

This is the first time I have done the whole caterpillar/butterfly thing with my munchkins before and it is definitely something I want to do every year. It was such an amazing thing to observe. The weather was finally nice enough today that we were able to set the butterflies free. I was worried that the kids would be upset about having to let them go but they were actually great.As I mentioned in an earlier post we read the book Butterfly Wishes and then I had my kids fill out this ... Read the Post

Wonderopolis!

I feel like these last few weeks are going to fly by and I'm still cramming so much learning in! We began our Wonder Wall today! This is something I wanted to start all year but just couldn't get the time to do it. I made a bulletin board and called it the Wonder Wall. The kids write down the things that they wonder about and then we're going to write about them! Here is a picture of our Wonder Wall and some of our wonderings. My favourite one was, "Why were leg warmers so popular in ... Read the Post

Whatcha’ Reading: Teacher PD Link up…Marvelous Mini Lessons!

I love, love, love this book! I use it all the time now teaching first and second grade and when I was switched to grade 3-5 language I discovered there was a book for those grades as well! It's called Marvelous Mini Lessons-Teaching Beginning Writing K-3, by Lori Jamison Rog.What I love about this book is that ALL of the ideas are useful and can be implemented right away in your classroom writing program. They aren't whole units that you have to follow but rather mini lessons that ... Read the Post

Whatcha’ Reading Linky: Teacher PD Books

***Remember to leave your blog link through the inlinkz button and on your page leave the image of your book and a link to the book as well! Can't wait to check out your books!*** Don't forget to click the blue inlinkz button above to add your blog!! Here is the linky button again for you to use on your blogs: ... Read the Post