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Place Value PROS
Today I introduced my Place Value PROs Math Stations to my 3rd grade students and they LOVED it. I split the kids up into partners to complete the different tasks, but this could very well work with larger groups because each activity has at least 20 task cards to complete. We Read more…
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Due to the fact that we didn’t move to our new town until the week before school started and I didn’t actually start at my school until the third day of school, there was no time for decorating my classroom. The beginning of my year consisted of getting paperwork organized, Read more…
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Place Value Stamp-It Activities
Right now, a lot of my students are working on place value and the different number forms. To make this process a little more fun, I tried to use a more hands-on approach versus forcing them to write endless expanded and word form problem after problem. We practice a lot with base Read more…
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Show Kids You Care – Lunch Bunch
At a training a while back, I received a long foldable titled “150 ways to show kids you care.” A lot of the things listed on this sheet are things most teachers already do, but after starring at it behind my desk on a daily basis, it finally got me thinking today how Read more…
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December Currently!
Can’t believe it’s December already, but I am super excited about all things included around Christmas time. I linked up with Farley over at Oh Boy 4th Grade to do this months currently. Check it out! 🙂 I don’t have much time to go into detail about this tonight, but Read more…
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Good Notes Home
This week has been a busy one at school! We had a visit from an author, Cheryl Ware. She met with each grade level and did a little student writer’s workshop with the students. They loved it! I will be posting on one of the strategies she used with them that Read more…
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Student Offices
After reading the Clutter Free Classroom’s Post on creating student offices, I knew exactly what I was going to spend my Saturday doing. Since we just moved, we have a HUGE pile of barely used boxes stacked in our basement that we have been too lazy to recycle. In 10 Read more…
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The Liebster Award
Today I was pleasantly surprised with a little comment from Jayme over at Trendy in Third about nominating me for the Liebster Award, and I am so grateful! This award is given to up and coming bloggers with 200 or less followers. Thanks so much, Jayme! Make sure you check Read more…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I had high hopes that this week off would help me get a little more organized with the whole blogging scene, but I’ve been enjoying the company of my friends and family too much to get on a computer! I am so thankful that I have had the past week to Read more…