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Hello Everyone! Is it really only Wednesday???  This teacher is already pooped!! We are gearing up for our annual Open House!  It is a ton of work to get ready for the kids to "show off" but it is so worth watching them shine!  We always like to have a little theme going on.  This year we are focusing on our national bird, the bald eagle.  We will cover our ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies objectives with this one bird!  I put together a little unit to help coordinate all the activities. Here are a few pics from the 90+ page unit!  We got started on some things this week!! For your own free printable unit, CLICK HERE!! We will start next week with a very quick little Leap Day fun!! Kids will practice graphing, skip counting and more!! We'll be graphing those little plastic jumping frogs. If you need a quick print and go leap day unit, CLICK HERE!! I have so much more to share from the past couple of weeks, but I am runnin' on empty! Anyone else i...

Hello Everyone! I am quickly sharing a mini unit on Inferencing...or as we like to call it, "Reading Between the Lines!" Teaching young readers to infer before, during, and after reading can be tricky. By helping them make connections to their already present schema, asking questions, reading between the lines, looking for clues, etc., kids can be aware of the power of inferring. Some simplified ideas for teaching inference include the following: *We need to find clues to get some answers. *We need to add those clues to what we already know or have read. *There can be more than one correct answer. *We need to be able to support inferences. It is suggested that teachers pose four questions to students to help young readers discuss  inferences. What is my inference? This question helps students become aware that they may have just made an inference by filling in information that wasn’t necessarily in the text. What information did I use to make this inference? It's import...

Hello Everyone! I quickly wanted to share a little sweet fun for you to share with your littles for Valentines (or Friendship) Day. The Spangler Candy Company has those great little gems, Dum Dums, for just this kind of sharing.  I have created a couple of things in the past using Dum Dums, and I couldn't let Valentines Day go without including them!! Here's a little friendship card for you to print and give. And here's the little printable! CLICK!!! I also wanted to share my math tubs for next week.  We are working on addition and subtraction to 20. This little unit includes 7 tub activities (29 pages) to help kids realize their potential in this area!! All tubs are Valentine themed with lots of hands on sweet fun! Here's the link to the printable. CLICK HERE!! :) Well, that was short and sweet.  I've got to put the finishing touches on our 100th day festivities!! Can't wait!!!  Hope you're having a great week! Talk to you soon!!! Joyfully! Nancy