Hi, friends! Happy Sunday. :) Guess what?? I become a real teacher in 42 hours-ish!!! Last week, Lisa from Fourth and Ten asked if I could make some Comprehension Strategy Posters to match my Genre ...
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Kagan, Open House, & Bulletin Boards
Oh, friends. I am tired….and the children have not even arrived – ha! I have been a bad blogger and blog commenter, and I’m sorry. I have been better at the whole Blog Facebooking thing. Hopefully ...
5th Grade Classroom Reveal
Hi, friends! The time has arrived to show you my first home classroom. :) There are still a few things that need to happen before next Tuesday (name tags, team buckets, and iWrite pockets), but the ...
5th Grade Classroom Library
Praise the Lord, Alleluia by and by…I see the light at the end of the room-setting-up tunnel! Yesterday was new-teacher orientation and then, I stayed at school cleaning/organizing/arranging/sorting ...
First Steps: Classroom Library Organization
Happy Thursday, friends! Today is registration at my school and I am super excited to meet some of my kiddos. :) I am fairly certain the 5th grade team thinks I am never going finish organizing ...
Classroom Organization and Set-Up Ideas
Hi, Friends! I have SO many projects to share with you and the best part is that they all match! Woohoo – I am all about things that match….like I will do ridiculous things (i.e. cutting out 78 ...
Back to School Idea Pins!
Hi friends, I hope this note finds you well and basking in the sweetness of the last days of summer! :) Today I am linking up with the ever lovely Ashley Reed at Just Reed for her Ten Pin Linky: ...
iPad Tricks, Tips, and Apps for the Classroom
Teaching 5th grade one of those logistics I had to figure out was my class set of iPads. It is such a blessing, but I want to make sure they become a part of the fabric in my classroom…which means ...
Texting in the Classroom
Texting In The Classroom Texting in the classroom. Usually just hearing that makes you annoyed. It is no secret that our students are saturated in a world of technology. As educators there is ...
1st Grade Back to School Reading and Math Centers
Happy day, friends! Life on the sandy shores is great. The weather has been wonderful *knock on wood* and my day consists of sleeping, eating delicious food, taking walks on the beach, reading by ...
The Bathroom Pass: 5th Grade
So, I can be a *tad* neurotic at times. There are lots of things I do not do... like pets and meat and blue food and the word ‘moist’ and most importantly, GERMS. I know, I chose the wrong ...
It’s Official: I’m a 5th Grade Teacher!
Well friends, it’s official. Like I-signed-my-contract-official. I’m going to be a real teacher… real life 5th grade teacher. {insert gasp} Being a naive student teacher, it never really occurred to ...