Happy Friday friends! I am home with a yucky stomach bug today. It has hit our family and my classroom! Gross! I wanted to share a few October-y things we have been working on in the classroom. Last week we learned about adjectives. We starting off talking about pumpkins and coming up with words that describe the inside and the…
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We have been knee deep in reviewing our short vowel sounds. My kiddos have loved meeting each of our phonics friends. The friends have really helped the sounds “stick” with my kiddos. I wanted to share a quick peek into my short vowel phonics packs with you all. I am going to let the pictures do most of the…
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Teaching non-fiction text and graphic features can be tricky, especially for the little ones! Yesterday, we dove right in to our Journey’s basal story, Lucia’s Neighborhood. After reading and discussing the different features, I gave each kiddo a sticky note and told each table group which feature they had to look for in their book. Afterwards, the kiddos had to write the…
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This week in reading we worked on main idea and details. It can be tough for the little ones. Especially when we are still learning to read and write. We started off watching this Brain Pop Jr. video to introduce it. Gotta love Moby! Afterwards, I gave each table group a clear bag filled with these picture cards (details). They worked in…
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Happy Labor Day friends! I hope you all had a wonderful and well rested 3 day weekend. The husband surprised me with an over night trip Sunday night to dinner and the mall. Um, first let me tell you that I have not been to a mall in over a year. Mmhmm. A YEAR people! Sheesh, no woman alive should…
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I swear I could conquer my whole To-Do list if I had more hours in the day! I am linking back up with Blog Hoppin’ for Teacher Week ’15 for Sanity Saving Tips! One thing I wanted to share with you all that I started doing a few years ago is using washi tape as labels! Y’all. You can write on…
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