Hello, and Happy Monday! I wanted to write a quick post and share with you my letter formation routine that I have come to love. After the first few weeks of school we start to introduce one letter a week and practice letter formation. The students have handwriting homework for the week and each day…
Happy Friday Friends! I am so excited to be linking up with Doodle Bug Teaching for one of my favorite linkys. I always feel it starts Friday off on the right foot. I have missed the past few weeks, but for a good reason. The Hubby and I moved to our dream house a…
Happy Monday! I’m popping in for a few minutes to share our fun times with nursery rhymes. This is one of my favorite topics to teach at the beginning of the year because I feel like regardless of the level, all of my kiddos can be successful reading and reciting the rhymes. Also, in such…
It’s the first week of September and I’m excited to be writing my Five for Friday to link up with Doodle Bug’s Teaching. September, October, and November are probably my favorite months to teach. Your kiddos start moving and groovin’ with the classroom routines and there are a lot of fun activities to complete. Fall…
I am excited to be joining Ashley (Schroeder Shenanigans in 2nd) and Angie (Lucky Little Learners) for their monthly link up #2getherwearebetter series. This month we are talking about CLASSROOM REVEALS!! I have been chomping at the bit to show you my classroom. We started school a few weeks ago, but I spent many hours…
I have almost made it through my first full week of kindergarten and it has been a great week! There have only been two nights that I have fallen asleep on the couch around eight, so I consider that a success. We have had no crying (by me or the students), no accidents, and we…
We are officially back to school and I am officially struggling to keep my eyes open past 9 o’clock. Our first full day was Friday. Does everyone still get the jitters the night before school starts?! I am guilty of this and I am always afraid that I am going to forget what to do….
I am excited to be joining a fun back to school blog hop with some of my favorite early childhood friends. Be sure to hop to each blog to get some great ideas and enter to win some great giveaways! It is about that time for me, BACK TO SCHOOL! The teachers go back on…
Well, I certainly know it is back to school time because I have started my nightly toss and turn routine. I just can’t seem to turn my brain off. Even the notepad by the nightstand idea isn’t cutting it because as soon as I write down one thought another one takes its place. Oh man,…
It’s Tuesday, which means it is time for I can’t believe I am typing this, but this will be our LAST Tell all Tuesday of the summer! Jayme and I are grateful that you took the time to link up with us each week. It has been great to get to know everyone a little…
Happy Friday Friends! Similar to anyone who is currently not in Vegas I am suffering from major FOMO! The pictures look fabulous and I can’t wait to hear all about it. It looks like everyone is having a wonderful time and it is fun to see everyone meet up and be in one photo together. …
I apologize for being late to the party, but I finally had the chance to finish Chapter 3. Donalyn brought up a lot of great points as she began this chapter. Bottom line: teachers should no longer think, “How can we make time for independent reading?”, but rather “How can we not?!” Students need…
I’m closing in on my second week of sweet summer time and I’m excited to recap the week with Doodle Bugs Teaching Last weekend was a fun filled family weekend. We celebrated my Grandma’s 90th birthday. During the party my parents and aunts and uncles surprised her with the little “old” people. She loved it!…
Summer is the perfect time to sit back, relax, and enjoy some time to reflect on the previous school year. It also gives teachers time to daydream and think to the future. In honor of summer and the time time off we’re giving ourselves from our teacher reality we want to know your dreams for…
As I quickly settle into summer break I am excited that a few of the book studies I want to participate in have started. Today we are starting to discuss The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. If you have a copy read through Chapter 1 and join in on the fun! As I read Chapter 1…
I am excited to be linking up with Jennifer from A Dab of Glue will Do for Winner Wednesday! This linky will take place the first Wednesday of every month! Thank you Jennifer for putting this together! I think this is such a fun linky because I have the opportunity to share a product of…
I am excited to be linking up with Angie from Lucky Little Learners as well as Ashley from Schroeder Shenanigans in 2nd for their #2getherwearebetter blog linky series. This month is all about your home office. What a great idea for a link up! Here is my little corner of happiness. You can find…
Happy June everyone! I almost forgot it was the start of a new month and time to link up with Farley from Oh Boy, Fourth Grade for her monthly linky party. I am proud to be a part of this month’s link up because I had the opportunity to donate to a town in need. Thank…
WOW, this week has been jam packed! It was a great week of learning, fun, and celebrating teachers. Our PTA as well as administration did a great job making us feel loved. I feel so lucky to work where I do with the staff that I work with. Oh sweet Friday, thank you for…
I’m linking up with Inspired Owl’s Corner and PAWSitively Teaching for a fun linky party/giveaway all about honoring and thanking teachers for all the hard work we do! Teaching is an extremely time consuming and rewarding job all at the same time. This is the week to say THANK YOU to all the hard working…
We started to learn how to write riddles in KS today! I introduced riddles during our writing workshop mini lesson and then students had a chance to practice it. This is a sample of the riddle paper I used with my class. I have included this paper as a link at the bottom of…
I haven’t been this excited to see Friday since last Friday! 😉 I’m excited to share our week of learning. I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday. If you have never done this linky party you should. I have found it to be a great way to reflect on my…
It is Tuesday which means I am linking up with Marie from Once Upon a Classroom for her weekly Tech Tuesday party! The technology tool I am going to talk about today is called Skitch. It is a free app and available through iTunes and Google Play. The Skitch App enables you…
That is if you even hear your alarm… Or you could be like me who continued to sleep and wondered what in the world is that strange noise and how on Earth do I get it to stop?! It took about five minutes for it to register that oh yea, that is the alarm, time…
