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Dictionary Skills? What?
Dictionary Skills? What?You might think that students working in dictionaries is an obsolete idea. With the advancement of technology, students can find information, check spelling, grammar, sentence...
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Santa's Stuck and Grinch Stuff!!
Hello Everyone!I hope you all had a wonder-filled Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for this time with my family. We were able to go up to Cleveland to help my oldest son move into his new home. He has...
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Hello Everyone!!Welcome back! We have been busy in our little classroom! We had a blast coming up with ideas to help get Santa "unstuck" from the chimney. The kids are getting so creative with their...
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Candy Cane STEAM!
 Hello Everyone!!We had an awesome week last week and I finally have a second to share!! Getting so close to our winter break can make for some challenging focus issues for our little learners. We...
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Let it Snow 2018 and 100th Day 2018
Happy New Year Everyone!!!I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. I had full intentions of posting during our winter break, but I had so much family stuff going on. We did a ton...
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AAAAAACHOO! Sneezy the Snowman! Fractions, and Reading Goals
Hello Everyone!!Hello February!! I truly can't believe it is February already!  Or should we call it Febrrrrrrrrrrrary. It has been so cold everywhere! Our little Texan firsties want snow so badly,...
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Olympics
Hello Everyone!The Olympics are so inspiring! I know it's impossible, but I wish they came around more often than every four years!! I love hearing the back stories of all the athletes. I love...
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Fish Wish and Sandra Markle honor!!
 Hello Everyone!!Finally a few minutes to blog a bit about what we've been up to! We are actually on Spring Break right now. We are not going on a vacation this year because the hubs just got a new...
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Celebrating Spring with POETRY!!
Hello Everyone!!Well, spring is here! I love springtime in Texas! Things warm up so quickly and all the signs of spring are evident! Ahhhhhhh! Now, I know so many of you are still in the throes of...
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Hello Everyone!I had a wonderful surprise before spring break! I will tell you all about it next time, but some special visitors to our classroom, loaded with questions, inspired me to write a poem...
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Good Morning Texas Teacher of the Month Surprise!! Writing Poetry and...
Hello Everyone!!I had the most wonderful surprise happen to me last month. One afternoon we were in the middle of our science lesson, and all of a sudden, a whole group of people came into the room...
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Number Patterns with Tops and Bottoms, Realistic Fiction Writing, and The...
Hello Everyone!We had one of the best number sense weeks we've ever had! We worked very hard on number patterns up to 120. Because we were also in the middle of a plant unit in science, I decided to...
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Growth Mindset and a new Beginning of the Year unit! Oh the Places We'll Go!
Hello Everyone!I certainly hope your summer has been one of family time, rejuvenation, and maybe a little learning! Mine has been all of those. We were able to take several trips to see family across...
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"Water" You Writing? And a Year of First Grade Word Work
Hello Everyone!I truly can't even believe that it has been so long since my last post! I am sooooo sorry! It just seems as if I have been barely staying afloat this year. We have had some huge events...
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Matter Matters
Hello Everyone!I hope you're having a great weekend!! It has finally stopped raining here and we were able to get outside for a bit. The sunshine felt so good!! And the dogs....They were so ready to...
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Kindness and Santa's Sack of CK Words
Hello Everyone!I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  We had so much lovely family time filled with cooking, laughing, playing games, reminiscing, getting Christmas stuff up, shopping, and...
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Happy Holidays, Christmas Crunch, and New Year!!
Hello Everyone!!Gahhhhhhh!! I hate how long it has been since my last post! I don't have to tell you, though, how busy this time of year is! We, of course have had a ton going on at school, but we...
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Snowmen at Night- Let's Play!
Hello Everyone!!Happy Holidays, all!! I hope your's were all you wanted, needed, and more!! I was able to spend so much quality time with my family, it was all I needed to rejuvenate after a very busy...
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My Wish and My Journey
Hello Everyone!!I am in tears right now reading all the email I have received asking about my lack of posting. Thank you for your concerns, care, and questions! It has been a crazy long time since my...
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Happy New Year!!
Howdy Friends!! This time of year I get a ton of requests for an update to my Happy New Year Unit. Well, surprise!! Here it is! My goodness, time flies!!!This unit is not only updated to reflect the...
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Happy New Year 2021
 Hey Everyone!Hope all are well! If you need an updated version of my Happy New Year Unit, here's the link for the printable download.Happy New Year 2021The unit includes the "I'm going to Knock you...
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Happy New Year 2022
 Hey Everyone!!Had a couple minutes, and I've had several of you asking for an updated Happy New Year unit! Here it is!! Have fun, all! Click the link!Happy New Year 2022Love to all!Nancy
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Happy New Year 2023!
 Hey Everyone!!!Thank you so much for the reminders about putting out my Happy New Year unit for 2023!! You are the best! Life has gotten in the way the past year and I really can't believe it is...
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Hi All!! So many asking for 2024 new year unit. Here it is!  Happy Happy Holidays!!!:)Nancyhappy new year 2024  Click this link, download
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 Hi All!!  I truly can't believe we are scrambling so close to 2025!! Thank you to those who have sent quick messages about my New Year's Unit!! Here is a shortened version of Happy New Year for...
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