tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89085832968747666362024-02-19T02:46:26.421-08:00Keep Calm and Teach OnAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-2404988682877606542011-11-21T22:13:00.001-08:002011-11-21T22:53:31.872-08:00Excellent ArticleThe New York Times published an article Sunday "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-about-better-parents.html?_r=1" target="_blank">How About Better Parents?</a>" by Thomas Friedman and it is an absolute MUST read for everyone!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-69074666751743596382011-10-13T11:15:00.000-07:002011-10-13T11:15:53.765-07:00Blog on Fire!!! Yay!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">A HUGE thank you to Christine at <a href="http://hoppingintofirstgrade.blogspot.com/">Hopping into First Grade</a>!!!! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-36006069594773032512011-08-29T17:26:00.000-07:002011-08-29T17:26:42.575-07:00New Year = MIA<b>I feel so out of touch with my TBA blogs since the new school year started (just the typical adjustment process); however, I am slowly finding a balance.</b><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-9225389105550241882011-08-05T15:45:00.000-07:002011-08-05T15:45:33.967-07:00Lettering Delights Freebie: First Day Signs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lettering Delights is offering FREE classroom signs to help you welcome your students. They have signs for grades PreK-12. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://www.letteringdelights.com/clipart:first_day_signs-10454.html">here</a> to download signs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">P.S. They have lots of other freebies!</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-17197889781318217082011-08-03T18:27:00.001-07:002011-08-03T18:27:43.992-07:00Another reason to love Matt Damon....<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WFHJkvEwyhk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-17067081077615034472011-07-30T20:15:00.000-07:002011-07-30T20:15:50.929-07:00Ready2Read<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Annie Moffatt at <a href="http://moffattgirls.blogspot.com/">The Moffatt Girls</a> developed an awesome reading program for her daughters. She has graciously shared it and it is absolutely free! Each unit also has a corresponding lesson plan! To quote her description of R2R:</b></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Ready2Read is a program that I created to help Audrey learn how to read. As an educator, I understand that children need both <b>phonics</b> and <b>sight words</b> to successfully learn how to read. Therefore, each unit will introduce 5 new sight words and 2 new word families. The units comprise of more than 20 printables that teach, reteach and reinforce basic reading concepts. In addition, I have made day-by-day lesson plans available. </span></b></blockquote></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Teachers and moms must check it out!!!!! Click <a href="http://moffattgirls.blogspot.com/p/ready2read.html">here</a> to check it out! Thank you Annie!!!</b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</center><center><div style="text-align: left;">Yay!! I made my very own blog button!! I'm slowly becoming an official blogger!!! :)</div><center><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. TpT freebies for Jolly Phonics (and that's plural)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Overview of Google Apps (and their use in your classroom)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3. STEM!!!!! (all about STEM education and resources)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4. Sharing my 1,000+ Google docs </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And there's more (I officially have a "Blogger Notebook" I carry around to jot down ideas). In the mean time, below is a link to my classroom website. :)</span><br />
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<blockquote><a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">.</span></blockquote>I love, love, love it for so many reasons but mainly because it simplifies/organizes the standard "bookmark". I usually have 10+ tabs open during an average internet session :) and/or I go on "bookmarking sprees" and eventually forget why I bookmarked a page.<br />
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Pinterest allows users to pin specific pictures (and the associated source) from the web so they are able to refer back to them. It is FANTASTIC for those who are more visual!<br />
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Click on the picture below to see to my "classroom" pin board...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Prepare to be hooked....happy pinning! :)</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-2362449050017887082011-07-09T09:21:00.000-07:002011-07-12T19:45:02.476-07:00Reading Bags!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hello, my name is Megan...and I'm a Target $1 spot addict...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But it has paid off! :) I just purchased the best reading bags for my kiddos!!! I love Dr. Seuss and these snazzy bags were found in the (you guessed it) $1 section of Target (woo hoo).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNCuZ4f_a9tHuoUExq0ozhOG5fXyU9YSJJtrWJSDaxZDHYWE5otUgkCKu1t_NRvTOcou5S33nnNA7n9aqdWlBsl1qvqh7n3cWFEoXFSELnqx_r8FPYG83SZMk3R9_qA0dKZGxaPVBJGU/s1600/readingbags+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Students use these to take home their New Way reading books each night. I encourage parents to use these instead of backpacks but the kiddos are so excited to tote around their (empty) backpacks. (ah, the joys of Kindergarten) :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908583296874766636.post-84523920458609300752011-07-06T03:14:00.000-07:002011-07-10T13:19:41.822-07:00I'm finally bloggin!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>For the past...oh 6 months...I've been eagerly following (a more pleasant way of saying "stalking") all of the teacher blogs. I am excited to begin the upcoming school year as an official blogger!!</b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238914303628772619noreply@blogger.com1