Did you know that Teachers Pay Teachers is throwing a HUGE sale?!? In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, thousands of teachers are putting their stores on sale just for you. And, I have a new end of the year goodie in my store just in time! I love making that first connection with my new students before the school year starts by sending them postcards in the mail letting them know how excited I am about meeting them. This year, one of my fellas actually brought his postcard with him to registration day and read it to me in my doorway. It melted my heart and showed me just how precious moments like that can be. I wanted to end my school year in the same fashion. So, I have created these end of the school year postcards to send out to my kiddos. There is no way that I am ready to fill these babies out yet, though. We have 13 days left. Oh my. Click the picture to take you to the postcards. You can also visit my store and check out all of the other great ...
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Student Reflections
Testing, testing, testing. I shall be glad when this week is OVER. But, I have to say that I am also a little excited. I have seen so much growth in my students this year, and I am so proud of them. My kiddos start their state testing tomorrow. I know they are going to do fabulous. I can feel it, and I know that they can, too. I read somewhere(no idea where...drat!) that one way to help students de-stress before a test is to give them the opportunity to write out their feelings. On Friday, I gave each student an index card and asked them to complete the following sentence stem for me. I told them that they didn't have to write their name and to be completely honest with their responses. "I am going to __________ on the SAT10 because _________." I used this as our ticket out the door to specials and read them while they were gone. To be honest, I was not prepared for the whirlwind of emotions that I experienced while reading my students' cards. Here are some of ...
April 22nd is Earth Day!
April 22nd is Earth Day! How are you celebrating? We are currently in review mode for state assessment coming up in two weeks (eeekkk!!), but we are still going to be taking part in some great activities to help us understand how our Earth is important to us and why it is vital that we take care of the resources that we have been blessed to use. There are a ton of great Earth Day activities out there. I am really bad when it comes to planning things to do for holidays and celebrations. I get so caught up in the curriculum, and I have to work hard at pulling in themed resources for holidays and honored events. Anyways, I know that there are a plethora of great ideas and resources already floating out there, but I wanted to pull in a few of the Earth Day activities that I use in my classroom each year to share with you in case you still needed some easy, yet meaningful ideas! Jack Johnson- I mean who DOESN"T love Jack. His music is usually what is playing in my ...
