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Johnny Appleseed Day Activities and Fun

Last month our classes celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day. This is the first time my classroom has done this and the day was filled with great fun with learning activites and apple snacks.I asked my kiddos if they had ever heard of the name Johnny Appleseed. Most of them had not,

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St. Patrick’s Day Fun

Well it’s turning green in our classrooms- we are getting ready for the week of  St. Patrick’s Day- and the kiddos are having the best time. We have our hundreds charts up on the wall. Click on the link to get our hundreds charts.St. Patrick’s Day Hundreds Charts——————————————————————–We our working

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Compound Words

Compound words are a staple standard skill of learning in 1st and 2nd grade. In 1st grade, students are learning and beginning to recognize and understand simple compound words, such as airplane and toothbrush. Then in 2nd grade, students progress to more complex compound words by learning that they are

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Vocabulary Journals

 Vocabulary journals are one of the best and easiest resources for your students to help “build” their vocabulary. I used  these vocabulary journals last year and saw my student’s vocabulary increase significantly in their writing and speaking. I copy the cover onto colored copy paper and write the students name on the front

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Getting TPT Conference Ready

  We are getting so excited about going to the TPT Conference this year. This will be our first time and we are sooooo ready. I know that we will be in TPT overload!!!! Who else out there is going??   I have already started packing and checking things off my list

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GIVE AWAY- GIVE AWAY- 57 TPT Authors!!!

We are so fortunate to be a part of the- LUCKY to be a Teacher GIVEAWAY!!! Check out all the great authors and prizes up for grabs and click below to enter!!!!       We are giving away our ST. Patrick’s Day Mystery Pictures to a lucky Winner from 1st

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GIVEAWAY!!!!! ARE YOU LUCKY?

Coming in 1 day!!!!! We are counting down-Lucky to be a teacher Give AWAY!!! Over 57 TPT Authors have donated– free products up for grabs!!!! Preschool thru high school Enter for your chance to win!!!    

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Valentine Bar Graphing

We hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. We had a lot of fun in our classrooms. Every year our parties get bigger and bigger. The kind that when the kids walk out the door you just flop down in your teacher chair to rest ! 🙂It’s all for fun!!! This

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Valentine Glitter Putty Recipe

Your kiddos will love, love, love this- we could not believe how easy, quick, and simple this was!! Use this for class party fun/favors. We did this with our classes this week and each student got to break a small piece off and place in a snack size plastic baggie and

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February FOLD ON THE BOLD- SELF CHECKING PRACTICE- 2nd Grade

  FEBRUARY FOLD ON THE BOLD(CLICK) 2nd GRADE MATH – LITERACY PACKET   HOW DOES IT WORK?             Skills included in this packet:ELAReflexive PronounsSynonyms/AntonymsProper Nouns/End MarksPronounsMultiple Meaning WordsContext Clues MATHOdd and Even 3 Digit Numbers3 Digit Subtraction No Regrouping10/100 More and LessBar GraphingPictographsGreater Than/Less Than 3 Digit Numbers Check out our FOLD ON THE BOLD- SELF

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TPT Milestone Celebration

February Hundreds Charts Mystery Pictures for  FREE.We are so excited to celebrate a milestone this week with TPT.Just click on the picture below to get it for free in our TPT store!!CLICK HERE If you want the whole year of mystery picture hundred charts get theMEGA BUNDLE!!CLICK HERE  

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JANUARY- FOLD ON THE BOLD SELF CHECKING SKILL PRACTICE

It’s time to talk Fold on the Bold for January. After a long school break, passionate educators are always looking for engaging resources for winter skills for Math and ELA and getting back in the swing of things can sometimes be difficult. We wanted a resource that would strategically target

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