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Lesson Ideas on Martin Luther King
We are talking about Martin Luther King this week on Wednesday because I am alternating Social Studies and Science every other day. Tuesday we talked about Properties of Matter in Science. We will...
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Balance, Bento Lunches, and Planning for a Blog Birthday
I hope y'all have had a blessed weekend. My weekend was full to the brim. I had the opportunity to go to a holy yoga event here in Dallas Friday night and Saturday. I have practiced yoga for three...
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Fractured Fairy Tales - Freebie Story Map
Our 4th Grade ELA curriculum references a lot of fairy tales, so I decided to pull in some fractured fairy tales. If you have never taught Fractured Fairy Tales, it is a fabulous way to cover almost...
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Resources for the 13 Colonies
In Social Studies, we spent the first half of the year learning about the different regions of the US, as well as the Native Americans of each region. Second semester we are supposed to talk about...
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Organizing Resources for Reading Genres and an Easy Way to Add Pics to Your Blog
Today, we reviewed over the different reading genres because we have been looking a lot at different fables, fairy tales, and folk tales. I have Ginger's Reading Genre posters on my wall so they came...
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Currently and a Sale
I always love Farley's Currentlies. I believe we all do. Right now, I am currently too full from dinner and thinking I need to figure out what to do for my birthday in 6 days. On the 7th, I turn 29....
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Freebie - Editable Handwriting Paper
I have about a million projects half started or swirling in my head. Today, I have a quick and simple freebie for you. I had a student come in for some testing, and I had to create a writing prompt...
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Some ideas for Valentine's Day
I have not had as much time to blog this week because it was my birthday. I have had a fabulous week overall, which you can read about at my new personal blog called Balancing the Backpack. I am...
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Cornell Notes Templates for Science - Freebie
Today I decided to face the fact that my student need help with note-taking. I have put off dealing with it while we dealt with more pressing needs. I decided to jump into note-taking today. I...
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Last minute printable Valentines ("I think you're just write!")
So like usual I am doing things last minute. I remembered as I wanted to get ready for bed I still needed to figure out my Valentines for my students. I had done lots of Pinterest searching, but I...
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Sumdog Math and...English!
I am joining up with Technology Tailgate's Techie Tuesday.Have you ever used Sumdog? It is amazing. My students love it. It allows them to do a spiral review of their Common Core Math skills in a...
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Getting Ready for a Big Giveaway and a Hard Day
Do you ever go into work excited about the fun activities you have planned and then spend most of the day just dealing with issues and never getting around to those fun things?It can be so tiring when...
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Great Days offset the Rough Days
I first wanted to say that after a somewhat lousy day yesterday, today was really a pretty great day overall. I made the commitment to get up an hour earlier and go to a 6am hot pilates class....
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Common Core Paragraphs - Graphic Organizers for Grades 1-2
I have been home sick today, but I decided to try and start finishing some of the many partially done products on my computer. I always have great ideas, start them, and struggle to finish them. Back...
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Some days just make you laugh
Some days are fabulous. Some days are horrible. Some days just make you laugh.I was sick the last two days and stayed home to get rest. My puppy had injured herself playing on Saturday, so she was...
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Currently
This week has been one of the most roller coaster weeks for me, full of ups and downs. I am glad to be doing this Currently on this Friday.I am listening to some George Strait on Pandora. "I Saw God...
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Organizing Your Environment to Organize Your Mind
I have too many ideas. It is both my strength and my weakness.This is why I started a blog called The Idea Backpack. This is my outlet for sharing and organizing my ideas. I am extremely analytical,...
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Monthly Poetry Practice for Common Core
I have decided I want my students to start essentially having a poem of the week that we will analyze, and they will use for writing inspiration. We are going to analyze the poems in small-groups,...
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World Poetry Day and Point of View
One of the things I love most about teaching is the way kids surprise you. They surprise you with their honesty, their clarity, and their over-simplicity. I have a couple friends with young kids whose...
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Farewell Google Reader
Hopefully, I am not the only one who did not know until the last minute that Google Reader was put to death. I was unprepared for this. I would have been lost.However, someone had a blog post about...
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