Wednesday, November 6, 2013
How About More Baaaa-rain Breaks? aka {Brain Breaks}
7:30 PM
Howdy! How are ewe all doing? Hope you are ready for more jams! I was looking around for some other brain breaks to use with my munchkins and I came up with a fewe (get it?) more!
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New Year's Resolutions - I can not believe 2013 is over and that I had to report back to school today. Luckily the kids do not return until Monday so I have some time to get bac...4 years ago
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UNDANGAN WALIMATUL HAMLI - UNDANGAN WALIMATUL HAMLI: *Undangan Walimatul Hamli* mungkin sebagian orang sangat penting dan mungkin sebagian orang sangat tidak penting. hal ini lumrah a...
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Shhhhh!!!! Cyber Monday is Coming! - Black Friday? Schlmack Friday! Who needs those crowds, trampling, lack of sleep, lines, etc.? Well, i admit I did do some Black Friday shopping. But, I avo...
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World Cup Betting Tips - There is still much time left until the kickoff of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. None-the-less I believe some solid *World Cup betting tips* can already be offe...
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Pinteresting Find-- Noise Management - So I just saw this pinned from Deanna Jump and Mrs Carroll (The First Grade Parade) and I couldn't NOT share this IMMEDIATELY. Things like this excite me a...
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I'm definitely in my zone... - Aaah...I've been so excited to be back in a school this past week and hear kids in the hall and smell the laminating machine and feel the warmth of stacks...
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Famous Pairs Cards - I hope you are having a fantastic start to the 2013-2014 school year! It's so fun having time to get to know our students at the beginning of the year. B...
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Time For a Sale! - It's that time again, and I am so excited! Everything in my TpT store is on sale! I hope you have an amazing start to your new school year! Have fun!
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Back To School Writing Center - I created this Back-to-School themed writing center for my students to use during Daily 5 Work on Writing, but it could be used in many different ways. I...
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Give-a-ways!!!! - This is HUGE 2 Giveaways today that I happened upon on Pinterest!!! The first ends in about 4 hours! Pencils Books and Dirty Looks 1st Blog-iversary Givea...5 years ago
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Helping Educators in Need - Teachers across the state of Oklahoma have lost years of accumulated teaching materials. How, as educators, can we lend helping hands to our fellow teac...
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What are the chances? - This week we have been learning about probability. I have used things like spinners, dice, and bags of items to teach this concept. Today, my kiddos h...
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Get Your Reading Academic Vocabulary On! - *Missing pieces of the puzzle* Hello there! It has been awhile since I last posted and I apologize for that! Between 3 young babies, standardized testing...
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY - I am sending you love today with this cute multiplication game. Your students will love practising their 4 times tables (from 1-6) with these funky, fun-lo...
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ROCKIN' WITH OUR TAMBOURINE'S! - We made tambourines in our art center and tested them out when Music Man (aka: Doug George) came to sing with us! He played his guitar as we rocked out wit...
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Whooooooo knew? Cool iPad Books - Need some new student books for your iPad? Add this little app and start downloading! It is easy peasy - Go to this link http://www.whocanread.com/ and cl...
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Web Tool Wednesday: Zunal WebQuest Maker - It's Wednesday again! This week's tool is Zunal WebQuest Maker. It takes the traditional format of a WebQuest (Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation, Co...
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How to Make a Palm Tree - I've had a few request to on how to make a paper palm tree. Here is a tutorial on building a palm tree. 1. You will need to start with brown bulletin b...
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Calling all teachers!!!! - Alright, this is kind of a poll... I'm about to *finally *open my TpT store, but I'd like to know from y'all what kinds of things you'd like to see first a...5 years ago
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$25 TpT Giveaway! - An InLinkz Link-up [IMG]http://i1024.photobucket.com/albums/y302/MickeyD13/signature-8.png[/IMG]6 years ago
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March Madness! - We are almost to Spring Break! Our first few weeks of March were filled with shamrocks, leprechauns, and a Lucky Day! [image: March Madness] [image: mar...
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Hollywood Classroom Photos! - Please go visit my recent 3rd Grade Blog to see updated Classroom Photos for my Hollywood Classroom this year! While you are there, *please follow that bl...6 years ago
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The Surgery Went Well... No Complications!! - Contraction surgery that is... Oh what fun!! This will probably be the kids' most favorite memory of the school year! They just loved dressing up as doct...
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dental health - The last 2 days of February, we focused on dental health. I found a nice *free* mini unit of literacy centers from Doodle Bugs Teaching's Tpt store that we...
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The Heart of a Reading Conference - Before we get started with the nitty-gritty of a reading conference...go check out how Andrea over at Stepping Into First Grade adapted my "If I Was a Snow...
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Bat and Pumpkin Nonfiction Unit - We began our nonfiction unit by learning about bats. After reviewing nonfiction text, the students completed a bubble map to recall all the things they kn...
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Five Friday Freebies - Week 22 - f you are not a TN member, membership is FREE. Here is a link to register so you will be able to download. *Teacher Notebook Registration *Click on log in...
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My World Turned Upside Down - Just a week after my last post in August, I received some devastating news...I have cancer. For a brief time, my world was turned upside down as I shared...
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Daily 5 signs - I made these signs for my classroom but thought I would upload them for anyone else that wants to use them. I also have CAFE strategy cards but I'm having ...
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