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Hello Everyone!! Grateful. It is a word that means so much more than thankful.  I believe it reflects a deeper feeling than just thankful. There are things for which we are thankful and then there are things for which we are grateful.  I am so grateful for my faith, my family, and my friends. I am thankful for the good food we had on Thanksgiving.  I am grateful for the opportunities to share my love for providing a hands on learning experience for my students. I'm thankful for the technology with which my creations can evolve. I am grateful for the time to be able to reflect on my teaching through this little blog.  I am thankful for the few extra minutes I've had to relax this past week. Grateful...so much more!! I am both grateful and thankful for these little glimpses into last week. We spent a lot of time discovering the friendships made between the Pilgrims and the native Americans.  We can make friends as well! Making butter! A fun science lesson on matte...

Hello Everyone! Can you believe it is already November??  What?? Where has the time gone?  October was, of course, sooo busy.  Here are a couple of pics of a few things we were able to accomplish! One of our favs to read this time of year ! Finding the "interesting words" in our reading ! Using those interesting words in a hands on visual Thumpety, bumpety! Creepy Peepers Scoot- Friendly numbers How many Creepy Peepers? Pumpkin seed estimating and counting ! Pumpkin math and science day! We found a sprouting seed in one of the pumpkins!! My team dressed as Stellaluna for our storybook character day!! This week we are getting into fairy tales!!  One of my favorite units!  I added quite a bit to our Cinderella unit from last year. Along with learning about what a fairy tale includes, we will work on retelling stories, character analysis, plural nouns, past tense verbs, short vowel ck words, and states of matter.  I added some activities to accommodate those o...