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Sight Word 60: Day 4!
It's day 4 of Sight Word 60. Â By this time, most of the 'staches have pretty much mastered the words. Â So this day allows for small group time with the words which gives a quick informal assessment to...
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Sight Word 60 Day 5
Day 5 of Sight Word 60 is all about fun and review!We quickly review the words for the week and then we celebrate our new words by adding them to the word wall. Â When we add the words, we read the...
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The Carrot Shake Sight Word Game!
If you have been following my blog or social media for a while, you know that I am only slightly obsessed with plastic Easter eggs. Â Slightly. Â I mean, when you go Target and they're on clearance for...
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Jumpin Frogs Addition Game!
Don't ya love when you're out shopping with the TBFF and you go to Office Depot and it's disappointing. Â So you go to Target and it's also disappointing. Â And Big Lots. Â Let Down. Â Then you head to the...
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Glowing CVC-E Words On The Lightbox!
In our classroom we LOVE our lightbox! Â Â The 'staches love how it glows and they love using it for math and literacy fun. Â I mean, it glows and the manipulatives glow. Â Who doesn't love glowing...
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Classroom Theme Song Ideas
We love music in our classroom. Â In fact, we love it so much it plays almost all day long. Â In fact, we recently got new speakers and we've had some complaints about noise! Â From our energetic and...
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Butterfly Subtraction!
Recently I was browsing at Wal-Mart and came across these adorable butterfly containers!As soon as I saw them I knew they were going to be in my classroom!!! Â So I Â bought all of them.There are 3...
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Schedulin Sunday! ZOO ANIMALS!
It's spring time in Music City USA! Â That means 9 more weeks of glitterific learning and dancing and fun in our classroom! Â That also means it's time for one of my favorite units: ZOO ANIMALS! Â Of...
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Classroom Management: Clip Charts And Trampolines
People, classroom management is hard. Â It's one of those things that changes day to day and year to year. Â It's something we never perfect but it can make or break our classrooms. Â And yet, I sure...
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Celebrating Positive Post It Note Day!
Today my friend Tony Sinanis, the lead learner at Cantiague Elementary , Â inspired me and my students to celebrate Positive Post It Note day in our classroom! Â I mean I'm a huge Post It Note fan AND...
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Guided Reading Organization
Organization is not my strongest skill. Â I do believe someone described my classroom as "dirty" once. Â It's OK. Â I mean, I'm cool being the Pigpen of the teaching world. Â But seriously...how stressful...
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Schedulin Sunday: Zoo Animals And Numbers To 100
Happy Schedulin' Sunday! Â This week we're continuing our zoo animal research project AND we're going to the zoo! Â See how that worked out?! Â A zoo trip in the middle of the zoo animal research....And...
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Flower Power Addition!
Confession: Â I'm a Dollar Tree addict. Â There, I admit it. Â I have a problem.You see, I stroll around that amazing store and fill my cart up with items that my brain says would be great in my...
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Article 6
Hi everyone. I’m Katie from Teacher to the Core, and I’m guest blogging over here for my friend Greg. I teach 1st, but love kinder like nobody’s business!I want to talk about the #happyclassroom...
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Happy Classrooms Freebie Posts Series from Teacher To The Core
Hello friends, It’s me Katie and I am back guest blogging for Greg on the #happyclassroom movement. We are tackling the issues that pop up and might make us feel stressed out and consequently might...
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You Are Enough!
Hello smitten smorgies! This is Katie Knight for Teacher to the Core and this is my last post in the mini-series on #happyclassrooms. I wanted to say thank you for letting me share ideas and...
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Classroom Lessons From Mom
When I started my blogging journey one of my rules was to be open and honest and share my life with anyone who might stop by. Â I feel that each person who reads my blog is a friend and friends share...
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Schedulin Sunday! Plants!
Happy Schedulin' Sunday! Â It's time to start planting seeds and learning about plants! Â Â As always, you can download my weekly lesson plans by clicking the image!This week is all about plants and...
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Toss An Equation! Math Game!
If you read this crazy blog (you know...the ramblings of Mr. Greg...) you know how much I love this toss game I found at Dealz for $10. Â I've used it for letters, sounds, sight words and cvc words!...
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Research And Writing In Kindergarten: Zoo Animals!
One of the most intimidating things to do in kindergarten is writing and research. Â Research involves a great deal of reading, comprehension, and vocabulary. Â And then you have to be able to translate...
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