I apologize for the drab look on the blog! Sadly, LeeLou’s Blog Designs is no longer hosting free backgrounds 🙁 {see why here} So for now, it will be drab until I either find something to put on in the background or suck it up and buy a design {this is probably a sign, I’ve had a blog design email… Read More
Five for Friday {place value ideas & more}
Happy Friday! My life has been consumed with moving and school! Talk about tired. But we’ve been overloaded with fun activities in 2nd grade thanks to amazing teacher-bloggers, teacher-instagrammers, and pinterest {my 3 favorite places to look now, sorry Google}! Check out what we’ve been up to thanks to creative teachers everywhere… {How adorable are these new numbers from Jen Jones… Read More
Five for Friday
FRIDAY! It has been one of those weeks… I’m so happy it’s over 🙂 Let’s reflect on the positives. I’m happy to finally be linking back up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her {i love her new button} 1. College Wear Day Each month we have a “Spirit Day” at school where the kids can dress up in a theme…. Read More
B2S Idea: Retelling Puppets
I finished up my first week back with new little 2nd graders! They are all so cute & tiny right now, still firsties 🙂 My school started Monday, so I had a complete week of non-acamedic time to fill, but I don’t play that way so I snuck some in! They were antsy for it! We read some cute stories… Read More
Word Cloud Video Tutorial {tagxedo.com}
It’s that time again! Back to School! All work and no play 🙁 But I did find a great website that allows me to make some mundane things pretty fun. It’s called Tagxedo, a word cloud generator. If you have heard of Wordle it is quite similar, but it has some more advanced features that I love. These are some… Read More
Made it Monday {bucket fillers}
I love BUCKET FILLERS! It is a concrete way to show and encourage kindness. Along side reading the book “Have You Filled a Bucket Today”, I borrowed from Stellar Students & Bunting, Books, & Bainbridge an actual bucket idea! I cut, printed, and laminated quite a few “bucket fillers”… This year, maybe once a week or every day, I will… Read More
Made It Monday {Classroom Job Chart}
Classroom jobs are always a great idea. During the school year, I couldn’t imagine life without little eager helpers {who do most of my work for me ;)}. I’m join in with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics to share my Monday Made It, which is only fitting since I used Tara’s Classroom Jobs! Here are my supplies… Tara’s Classroom Jobs… Read More
Five for Friday {June 7th, 2013}
This will be my most favorite Five for Friday yet {just read and see why}! {thank you Doodle Bugs Teaching} ONE I’m ENGAGED! …well WE are 🙂 {can I use this for all FIVE?! hahaha} {he popped the question on Memorial Day in a beautiful botanical garden. now i have to add “wedding planning” to my summer “to-dos” :)}… Read More
Noise {Sound Unit}
We just ended our Sound Unit with a BANG! Studying sound was fun {and sometimes too loud}! Here are some of the activities we did to reinforce the idea of pitch, loudness, and sound in general. STRAWS {we blew through different size straws to hear the different pitches, learning that the longer the straw, the lower the pitch} GLASS BOTTLES… Read More
Budding Blog!
Get to know me and my blog! I’m linking up with I {heart} Recess today because I’m a “Budding Blog”. {Why did you start blogging?} I have been stalking exploring the teacher blogs for about a year. I really wanted to get in on the action. I started my blog to share and gain some ideas from all around {I just started… Read More