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End of Year Mathematics Review Sheets, Set 1
Nothing cutesy here, just good solid common core aligned review sheets. 5 days in this pack. 9 multiple choice questions and 1 model drawing question on each sheet. Image is linked.Have a great...
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End of Year Mathematics Review Set 2
Here are 5 more pages of Common Core Aligned End of Year Mathematics Review for first grade. The image is linked. Please play fair. Don't claim ownership of these. Send your friends here to pick up...
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{Math Sort FREEBIE!}
Saw this idea on Pinterest. The link led only to the image. I hate that. lol.So, I recreated it...using it today with some of my littles.It's a great idea, and the link to the original image is on...
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Moore, OK...
Also, every.single.one of my products in my own teacher shop is on sale at 50% off. ALL proceeds from my shop during this sale will go directly to the Moore, Oklahoma relief effort through Teacher's...
View Article[Parts of Speech Grab and Go Books - The Nursery Rhyme Edition]
It's been a long time.It's been so hard to wrap my mind around our new reality without our Kenton. He's been gone nearly a year. This has been the hardest thing I've ever had to face.Went Christmas...
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[pure awesomeness]
Well, awesomeness according to me, anyway. ;)I've had a lot of absences this year. And regardless of how prepared I think I am, I always find myself scrambling to have academic projects for my sub to...
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Emergency Sub Plans - BATS!!!
Emergency Sub Plans (or last week of school plans!!!). All about BATS! My littles have LOVED this set! So much fun exploring bats, learning new vocabulary, reading, writing, and practicing their...
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Seriously, I haven't posted since MAY?! :(Well, if you're still here - I have a freebie for you! Autumn - a reading fluency and vocabulary acquisition pack which includes an assessment. :)If you're...
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Snakes_Half Day Sub Plan
I love these half day sub plan kits! I keep a couple of sets copied and ready to go in my binder all the time for those days that I just can't make it into school (I've already used 2 of them this...
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[crickets and tumbleweeds...] and Martin Luther King, Jr. - a math and...
I think that's all you hear when you come by my little blog anymore. Life's still crazy hard and I mostly feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants all.the.dang.time. Whatevs, right? We all have...
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[FREEBIE FRIDAY!] CCSS 1.OA.D.7
Wowsers did my kiddos ever struggle with this concept! CCSS 1.OA.D.7 ~ Understand the meaning of the equal sign and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.They did...
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[Cattle Round-Up] CCSS 1.OA.D.7
CCSS1.OA.D.7 ~ Understand the meaning of the equal sign and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or falseHere we go again. ;) Image is linked. $2 at Teacher's Notebook....
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[Detective Scoot FREEBIE!!] CCSS 1.OA.D.7
One more game. One more chance for my littles to practice this before the test. I'm pretty sure that I found and fixed any errors. However, if you see something out of place, PLEASE let me know....
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[Waves Hello...] Daily Calendar Work for First Grade
Well, guys, I have some news. After 19 years of teaching (which is basically my entire adult life!), I am taking a leave of absence for the 2015-16 school year. It's still freakishly weird for me to...
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[The Quietest Classroom Pencil Sharpener]
Something pretty awesome showed up in my inbox this morning! These are the best pencil sharpeners of all time! (Seriously, ask any teacher that has one!). And something new and super fun is coming soon...
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[it's PURPLE!!!!]
So...a few weeks ago, a special package arrived in my mailbox. Inside that package was a product I was eagerly anticipating, and super excited to do a product review for.Let me just say that I've been...
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Hello. It's me. ;)I really disappeared there for a while, didn't I?!I'm (hopefully) back now. Back with a brand new adventure. I took a leave of absence for the 2015-16 school year. I stayed home. I...
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[back in the saddle again...with a super great preschool resource]
Whew. This preschool thing has been a whirlwind of activity, hard work, tears, smiles, frustration, accomplishment, and joy.After not finding a curriculum that I loved, I started creating my own. Week...
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[upper/lowercase letter sorts] and a giveaway ;)
Each Monday, my "bigs" [4-5 year olds] start the week by learning about the letter of the week. I introduce the letter. We talk about how to write the letter. We compare the new letter to the other...
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[number sense activity pages for numerals 1-5]
Hi again. :)Happy Wednesday! Today was a funny day at preschool. Back story...Last week was spring break, so no school for the whole week. Saturday night I ended up with bronchitis which only worsened...
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[Sight Words] in Pre-K?! You bet'cha!
Well, hello there! :) Preschool has been an adventure.A wonderful, glorious, exhausting adventure.In May, I finished up my 2nd full year.That first group of little Glowworms graduated and are headed...
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Hey, howdy, hey!
Well, friends. [If anyone is still here!]It's been a while.A long, lllllllllllong while.I'm still here.Still teaching preschool.And loving [almost] every minute of it.Those of you who have been around...
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Reading and Handwriting Fluency for First Grade
As I was looking through some older files last night, I found these gems.Reading and Handwriting Fluency for First Grade.We used these every day my last few years of teaching.The growth in both reading...
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Alphabet Exploration
One of the main components of preschool and kindergarten is introducing the alphabet including letter identification, correct letter formation, and the sound[s] of each letter.There are a lot of ways...
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