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Submissions For Smorgie LIVE GIVEAWAY
We’re LIVE on YOUTUBE NOW! Click the link or the image to join us! Enter for the give aways using the Rafflecopter below. Remember, you must be present in the chat to win! You must be singed into...
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New Year’s Party With Your Class
Who doesn’t love a good party? Who doesn’t love to staying up until midnight ringing in the new year! I mean…we all love a good new year’s party! OK…honestly…who can barely make it to midnight to...
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Arctic Animals Research Project
One of my struggles in kindergarten was always meeting the research standards. Research? Kindergarten? Oh sure, turn them loose on Google and they can learn all about polar bears. Nothing bad...
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Light Box CVC Word Building
You might remember over the summer when teachers on social media (ME INCLUDED!) were going crazy for these Heidi Swapp Light boxes. Well I jumped on that bandwagon because these were so adorable and...
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Snowman Emoji Letter FREEBIE!
Ya’ll know I love me some glitter. And I love me some emojis. And when you combine the glitter and emojis…it’s almost too much for me. I’m so glad Amie at Glitter Meets Glue loves the glitter and...
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Top 10 Posts Of 2016
Happy New Year! 2016 is gone and 2017 has arrived. A new year full of new hope and new possibilities. New challenges and new frustrations. In the spirit of a new year, here are my top 10 blog...
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Light Table Counting To 100
One of the most popular centers is our class light table or light box. Our light table is a DIY project that I made couple of years ago. We use it for math and literacy centers but I’ve really been...
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Thoughts Of A Student Teacher
One of the things that I want to encourage teachers to do is try new things. Be bold in your teaching and get out the box and away from that “we’ve always done it this way” mentality. I am constantly...
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Favorite Resources From A Smorgasboard Of Teaching
In October we hosted our 2nd Smorgasboard Of Teaching conference. 200 teachers spent a Saturday with us to learn, share, collaborate and inspire one another. We laughed. And cried. We learned....
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Arctic Animals: Schedulin’ Sunday
Happy Schedulin’ Sunday! It’s the first Schedulin Sunday of 2017!!! WOOHOO! HAPPY NEW YEAR This week we are researching and writing about arctic animals! We’re also comparing numbers! And as...
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Sensory Bins: The How And Why
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is “Do your students to get to play?” The answer, sadly, is no. We don’t have free play or play time in our district. As much as I wish we did and as...
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Subitizing Video
If you follow this blog or follow me on social media, you know music and YouTube is a central part of our classroom. We love to sing and dance. I love being able to use music and video to teach my...
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Martin Luther King: Schedulin’ Sunday
Happy Schedulin’ Sunday! This week we’re learning about Martin Luther King, arctic animals and subtraction! And as always you can download my lesson plans by clicking the image below! Martin Luther...
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Submissions for Smorgie LIVE – Link to Join Broadcast
Click the image below or HERE to join us on YouTube! Please remember that in order to ask questions and/or participate in the live chat you will have to be logged in to your YouTube account. We go...
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Light Box CVC Word Building
You might remember over the summer when teachers on social media (ME INCLUDED!) were going crazy for these Heidi Swapp Light boxes. Well I jumped on that bandwagon because these were so adorable and...
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100th Day: Schedulin’ Sunday
Happy Schedulin’ Sunday! This week we’re celebrating our 100th day of school, working on subtraction and kicking off our Black History Month celebration! And as always you can download my lesson plans...
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SmorgieVision: Math Block
Today I’m showing a video that highlights our math block. We follow the balanced math routine, which is much like the balanced literacy routine. It’s a very quick routine that we follow each day to...
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Vowel Bootcamp: SmorgieVision
We all know how much our students thrive on structure and routines. And we know how much things can go cray-cray if that structure is messed up. When I created my ABC BOOTCAMP curriculum I was...
View ArticleSubmissions for Smorgie LIVE – January 2017 – Center Management
We will be LIVE promptly at the top of the hour, 7 pm central, on YouTube talking all things Center/Workstation Management!! Come and join us! CLICK HERE to join us now on YouTube NOW! Be sure to...
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Light Table Counting To 100
One of the most popular centers is our class light table or light box. Our light table is a DIY project that I made couple of years ago. We use it for math and literacy centers but I’ve really been...
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