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Who am I? Looking from the Heart
Our first day of school is on Monday. Early in the summer I already knew who many of my new kiddos would be. I also knew in which classes each of my kiddos from this past year would be (and the classes...
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Stamina Critters
WOW-zers...How in the world is it already October???!!!??? I am not sure where the end of August and the whole month of September went! We have been very busy in 1st grade...all 22 of us. Our class...
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A Visit from The Pumpkin Snatchers
On Tuesday, my kiddos were beyond excited before they even got to our classroom. All around the school, children were seeing candy corns EVERYWHERE! As soon as my kiddos got to our classroom, they...
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Tough Turkeys
Where in the world is this year going??!!??? I cannot believe it is almost December!I started thinking this year about some of the tough kiddos I have taught before. These are the kiddos that seem to...
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Label Love: Interactive Learning Fun
Are you ready to discover some awesome Bright Ideas? Here is just one of them. :)I am so excited to share with y'all some fun ways to use labels for Word Study, Math, Science, and more. I love labels...
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A Change for Next Year...and Now
It is time to brush off the cobwebs and dead crickets that have no longer been chirping on this blog because they died a looooonnnnngggg time ago!I cannot even begin to tell you about all of the blog...
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Yo' Momma
Until I became a teacher, I never really understood how the words Yo' Momma or My Momma said starting a sentence would give me a headache. In High School, I had guy friends that would tell Yo' Momma...
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The Kindness Recorder-A School Family Job
I cannot believe summer is almost over. A new school year always makes me nervous and excited. One of my favorite parts of going back to school is building our new School Family. One of the best ways...
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We Care Bag- Reaching the Heart of Your Class
I am so excited to share about this with everyone. If you have hopped over to my blog before you probably know how much I love Conscious Discipline. It is AMAZING! Keep reading to learn more about this...
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The Teacher in the Mirror
WOW! It has been forever since I wrote a blog post. I have thought of so many things I wanted to share with you but just can't get it together to share them. I find myself wondering how is December...
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The Gift of a Teacher
Merry Christmas sweet friends. I hope you are enjoying your holiday and are finding time to see the blessings that are all around us. I am blessed by the gift God gave us in His son because without the...
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Sunday's Heart Start: Are You Ready?
Hi Sweet Friends. Y'all have been on my heart constantly and there have been so many times when I wanted to sit down and blog but just couldn't. I'll go more into all of that in another post. I have...
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Sunday's Heart Start: Getting Your Room Ready
Hi sweet friends. This week was so hard to be here in Texas while all of my teacher friends and teacher inspirations were in Vegas. Let's just say I have done a lot of stalking scrolling through...
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The Great Paw Print Hunt with Pete the Cat
Hi Sweet Friends. Since I never blogged about this last year, I knew I wanted to share it with y'all now. If you have ever read my blog, you know that we LOVE to have special visitors come to our...
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Sunday's Heart Start: Snapshots of the Heart
This Sunday's Heart Start is one that I think all teachers need to hear. This past year was a struggle for me. Not because I had a difficult class but because there were so many moments that just...
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The Rotten Apple Hunt: A CVC Reading Adventure
I LOVE creating engaging learning experiences for my kiddos. One of my favorite ways to do that is to have "special visitors" come by our classroom. Little kiddos have hearts that are so open to...
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Where are the Snowflakes? A Little Preposition Fun
Hi Sweet Peeps. I wanted to share a quick and easy activity we did to work on prepositions. I know for my ELL kiddos this can be very tricky. Since we do not get snow in East Texas often, I have to...
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Magic Snowball Fun with Tens and Ones
Hello again Sweet Peeps. I am working really hard to blog more consistently this new year. I really do love it and have missed it. This is a fun little activity we did a couple of years ago but I never...
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Books for Building Your School Family
I kind of forgot I still had a blog over here! Blog posts constantly run through my mind but I seem to lose my way when I see the blank screen before me. After reading Teach Like a Pirate this summer...
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Sunday's Heart Start: Pause and Pray
As I get ready to start a new school year, I am overcome by so many emotions. The beginning of the school year is so exciting but also stressful. I know we sit in teacher meetings wanting to flee to...
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Your Class List: Whine and Wine
Do you get a class list before school starts? I don't know about you but I am always anxious to look at my class list to see if I will be getting the annoying sweet younger sibling I have heard stories...
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Sunday's Heart Start: Being a Champion for a Child
I forget how exhausting the beginning of the year is. I also forget how quickly the 20 cutie pies God placed in my room can capture my heart. The beginning of the year is also a time I find myself...
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What Does the Fox Say? Phoneme Blending Fun
At the beginning of the year, primary teachers feel very frustrated get lots of laughs when we work with students on blending sounds together to say a word. When we say the sounds /f/ /r/ /o/ /g/...
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Gobble Up Some Freebies- Making 10 Fun
Hey friends! I am so excited that Thanksgiving Break is almost here! This will be the 1st time EVER to have the whole week off. Hello pajamas and NetFlix! :)For those of you that have to go next week,...
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It's A-MAZE-ing.....I'm Back
I am surprised to find out my blog is still here! It has been waaaaaayyyy tooooooo long but sometimes life just gets in the way! Hopefully, I will be back to share my heart, my passion for engaging...
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