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Retelling Rope
Hello Everyone,This week we are working hard on the components of a good story and being able to retell with all those components evident. I've posted about retelling ropes before, but I wanted to...
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Ell-o Everyone!
Ell-o Everyone!Can you guess that we worked hard on the ell chunk this week? :) I want to share a couple of ways to get some fun word work into your D5 time. I have posted on my "Speller Tellers"...
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Serious Symme"tree"
Hello Everyone,We are in Chicago this week to celebrate the life and legacy of my husbands wonderful mom. She lost her 10 year battle with cancer on Sunday morning. We will miss her greatly, but...
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Are you symmetrical???
Hello Everyone!Just a quick post tonight. We began our fractions unit with an introduction to symmetry. I posted about this important concept last week. I started off with some of the plane figures I...
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Creating Symmetry and a Natural Resources Unit
Hello Everyone!You should have heard the OOOOH's and AHHHH's today during math. Yes, math!! :) We continued our exploration of symmetry today by creating our own sensational symmetrical shapes. I know...
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Baking Up Some Synthesis
Hello Everyone!Synthesizing is one of those "How do I teach that?" kind of concepts. I love how Debbie Miller in "Reading With Meaning" uses rippled water when you throw in a pebble to show how...
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"Shel" ebrating Words!
Hello Everyone!I looooove poetry. What an engaging vehicle from which to celebrate words and encourage kids to write! Regie Routman has a great little book out, "Kid's Poems- Teaching First Graders...
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Measurement Unit
Hello Everyone!I wanted to just quickly share a unit we are starting next week...measurement. We focus mainly on using nonstandard units of measurement to determine and compare length. Using...
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"tree" mendous week!
Hello Everyone!We had a "tree"mendous week learning, observing, investigating, celebrating everything tree! After reading a ton of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, about trees, we put our new...
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There's something in the water!
Hello Everyone!I am so sorry I haven't been on lately. Crazy, busy week! Among a gazillion other things, we continued with our study of natural resources, this week focusing on water. We wrote some...
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Inchworm Measurement
Hello Everyone!We are deep into our measurement unit. One activity we did this week was make our own worms and use them to measure. After reading "Inch and a Half," and "Inch By Inch" we just had...
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Telling Time and Counting Coins Units
Hello Everyone!I have had many e-mails asking if I have a telling time or a money unit available. Well, as a matter of fact, I just reworked these two for use in the next couple of weeks. Here's a...
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Special Delivery!
Hello Everyone!Remember back when we celebrated the amazing book "What If You Had Animal Teeth?" While doing that unit, I happened upon the author, Sandra Markle's blog. She was having a give away of...
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Popsicle Pizzazz!
Hello Everyone!Wow! What a week! I am so sorry I haven't posted in a while. We had a huge musical production on Thursday evening which included a cast of our 100+ first graders. Each one had either a...
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All Of Our Noses Are Here!
Hello Everyone!We have 8 days left in the school year. As I work on my End Of Year DVD for my sweeties, I can't help but realize that so many pictures I've captured this year are of my kids...
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Ahhhhhhhhh.........
Hello Sweet Friends!Phew! Ahhhhhh! Wow! Sniff! Another year with first graders is over. I do have to tell you that this past week was so bittersweet for me. It is no secret that teachers take...
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Think Outside the Box- a Second Shipment!
Hello Everyone!One of my favorite morning warm ups is our Think Outside the Box Thursday. I think it has become one of my kids' favorite as well. And I've had parents say they love them too!! I have...
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If I Can Think It...
Hello Everyone!My summer has been off to a busy start. Lots of Professional Development, lots of curriculum writing and integrating for the district, campus retreat...and that was just this week! Our...
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Reading- The School/Home Connection
Hello Everyone!I have had many second grade teachers contact me about our home reading log and parent/child questions to accompany reading. Reading at home is a huge component in reading success. I...
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