Sunday, May 3, 2015. Symmetry, Reflection, Name Bugs. Start with a plain piece of white paper. Go over the pencil with black marker. Now the fun begins! .

Wednesday, December 4, 2013. When you forget to take attendance. When the office has to call your classroom because you forgot to take attendance. For the THIRD DAY IN A ROW. Sunday, December 1, 2013. Podcasts, Planners, Afghans and Advent! Time to link up with Farley. The podcasts downloaded through PodCruncher. Ing to get most things through Am.

Sunday, May 4, 2014. the kids HATE them because it is so difficult for them to remember. But, alas, it was time to teach them. and I vowed for those lessons to not be torture for me or the kids. So, I resorted to my handy-dandy textbook. NOT! I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. And inspiration I found HERE. Then, I gave them a blank card shown below for each property that we were going to do. Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

Sunday, September 27, 2015. It has been one of those weeks! And the 12th suicide in my small county this year. I have no idea what is going on in our little community but if you are a praying person please pray for our town. Also Wednesday one of the largest abandoned historical buildings in my town was put on fire! THEN early Friday morning we had ANOTHER. Moving on to some classroom news. I first left them a note on the SMARTboard.

Once they chose their act, I gave each student a copy of the following form-which I printed on colored AstroBrights paper to match the words BE KIND on the bulletin board. The last step was to put it all together.

Sunday, February 4, 2018. Read Across America Bulletin Board and Hallway Display Ideas. Does your school celebrate Read Across America. Our para professionals kick off this holiday by decorating the bulletin boards and hallways outside each grade levels doors. They placed this adorable sign in the hallway as well. Have some good Seuss displays? .

For her Monday Made It series. Three of my boys are wanting one of their own now for their desks in their rooms, so I may be making more of them next week. My next Monday Made It was inspired by Joanne Miller at Head Over Heels for Teaching. I used scissors to cut them out and the help of one of my boys to put them together.

Sunday, December 18, 2016. When asked about color preferences, she said she liked teal blue. This teal, red, and gray is lovely and pairs perfectly with the techy items we incorporated! Chalk, Paper, Scissors. Thursday, June 23, 2016. The three ladies who blog at Chalk, Paper, Scissors are Kristin, Amy, and Caroline. Click their button to check out their blog.

Not anymore! I am Type A personality and a natural planner. I started planning for this week two weeks in advance and started prepping my teachers just as early. Here are a few things we did throughout the week. I will share more about our Read-A-Thon further in this post.

Sunday, June 1, 2014.