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The 9 Verbs of Pencil Sharpening

June 9, 2013

Hi, friends! So summer is upon us, and I am continuously in the process of collecting supplies for my classroom. The other day I snagged a 10 drawer cart from Sam’s for $24!!!! But, a few weeks ago, I ...

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Filed Under: Management, My Classroom

Comparing Numbers using Place Value

June 7, 2013

Hi friends! I am so excited to share with you a project a whole slew of bloggers and clip artists have been working on led by the lovely Stephany Dillion at Primary Possibilities. Several ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Guided Math

Monday Made It – Kingdom Style

June 4, 2013

Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope you all are well and enjoying summer.  So, I must admit that my Mom is my best friend. Although I am not able to spend a ton of time with her during the school ...

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Filed Under: Tips & Tricks

I’m going to be a real-life teacher!!!!

May 27, 2013

Friends, it’s true!!!! I am going to be a real-life, have-my-own-classroom teacher!!!! :) Eeeeekkkkk!  I am SO blessed and SO happy!!!! Well, I would love to share details, but I have ...

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Filed Under: Tips & Tricks

A {FREE} Field Trip to the Apple Store

April 28, 2013

Thursday I helped chaperone a trip to the Apple Store with a group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students! We live in a very small town and headed about 40 miles to the closest store. It was so fun to ...

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Filed Under: 1:1 iPads, 5th Grade, Technology Tagged With: Technology

Poet-Trees and Our Poetry Coffeehouse

April 25, 2013

Hi, friends. Celebrating the conclusion of our poetry unit, we hosted a 1st Grade Poetry Coffeehouse (an idea by Amanda Nickerson) and it was a smashing success. 17 of our 21 friends and their ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Reading/Literacy, Writing Tagged With: Poetry

Oil Spills, Earth Day, & Beauty

April 19, 2013

Happy, happy Friday dear friends! Here are 5 highlights and I'll be sharing more all throughout next week! Since we have talked a lot about ways humans hurt the Earth in our habitat studies ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Science Tagged With: FIVE for Friday, Freebie

Poetry in 1st and 2nd Grade

April 14, 2013

From turning snakes into spaghetti and clouds into cotton balls, writing poetry is absolutely magical! Students use their five senses and figurative language to create poems that break all the rules ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Reading/Literacy, Writing Tagged With: Freebie, Poetry

Free Mental Math Centers

April 3, 2013

Student buy-in was high this week when I explained that ALL week we were not going to touch a pencil in math. (Note – I *might* have fibbed…as my friends did complete daily exit slips – but shhhhh! ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Guided Math Tagged With: Freebie

Santa’s Workshop (5 for Friday & Freebies}

March 29, 2013

Hi, friends! So, this week was my solo week and let’s just say the phrase, “You made a great recovery!” has been used a lot! :) Still, it really was a wonderful week, and I was able to  learn and ...

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Filed Under: Tips & Tricks Tagged With: Freebie, iPad, Poetry

Argh you ready for QR Codes? {Freebie}

March 20, 2013

How argh you doing, friends? This week in 1st grade, we are all about pirates as we begin a study of /r/ controlled vowels. We kick of the week with (The Inspired Apple) Abby Mullins’ Learning /ar/ ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Reading/Literacy, Technology Tagged With: Freebie, iPad, QR Code, Technology

Main Idea Freebies

March 15, 2013

All year in reading, we have talked about main idea with our friends, but it has only been this week that we have zoomed in on identifying the topic, main idea, and supporting details of a text. This ...

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Filed Under: 1st Grade, Reading/Literacy Tagged With: 1st Grade, Freebie

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My name is Catherine Reed, and I am in my 8th year in elementary life, residing in small-town, Kentucky.  I student taught in 1st grade and never ...

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