LittleChucklesandHoneysuckles

  I am so excited to share this with you all.  I have fallen in love with creating bulletin boards.  The thing is all that super cute clipart out there that would make things so much easier for me, well it doesn't allow you to create bulletin boards due to copyright because you are not changing the image in any way. So don't do it!  In comes my small artistic ability and an apple pen!  I created three different Valentine's Day displays!  And the best thing is they are all interactive!  Yay!  So, the first one is my "Muffin" board.  This one is for a smaller board about half the size of the great big hallway boards.  It turned out super sweet and fun!  So how does this work interactively? Students will scan thee QR page. The QR code will take students to my first directed drawing with Shelia and Joe!  Here they will draw their very own muffin and then color.  Click the picture to see the video!   After they complete the directed drawing all you have to do is lamina

  I have been back in the mood to make clipart!  I've learned some new tricks from a colleague and man they are a game changer!  I love how these little cuties turned out!  I'm not sure which is my favorite, but the angel is up there pretty high!  Check them out at my tpt store! 

SMALL GROUP...  My two most hated words my first 3 years of teaching... the sound of these words together made my stomach turn!  Everyone from coworkers to specialists had the ideas, but the countless hours I spent trying to make these "ideas" and this time engaging for the ENTIRE class was disgusting. I gave up many nights and weekends trying to find something that worked and kept the littles attention for longer than 2 minutes! I spent hours laminating and cutting - trying to make hands on activities that not only kept them engaged but was also growing those little brains!  Everything I tried just didn't seem to keep them at their desks working independently , so I could work with the kiddos at my small group table.  I was defeated. I felt like I was failing my students. I knew my low babies needed this time more than any part of the day, but I just couldn't find a way to make it successful. Fast forward out of my self pity to a Christmas craft fair in my hometown.

Hey guys!  I am starting on Go Math Chapter 12 this week and got all excited about all the fun things we can do teaching shapes!  I will be busy working on this all week so I thought I would give you a little freebie while you wait! Meet my cute little shape buddies!  These guys will be great for bulletin boards or hanging in your hallway!  Grab the free hexagon buddy here or at my store! Grab the Freebie at my store here!     Find the full set here!     Till next time, Teach On!      

Hey everybody!  I am finally done with Go Math Chapter 10!  I feel like I have done nothing but think about this unit for what feels like months and months, lol.  There is so much you can do with graphing and I could not turn my ideas off.  So I have a ton of pictures with this post, so sit back and scroll on down! I decided to try and give you guys some differentiated worksheets this time.  I know from experience that odds are you have several different learning styles and levels in your classroom and sometimes it is hard to find one thing that fits them all, so several of these worksheets are leveled at 1, 2, and 3.  I have 1 as struggling students, 2 as just right, and 3 is for your gifted or to challenge your 2's.  I labeled the worksheets in the top right corner. I also went ahead and let you know which worksheets go with which lesson.  Most worksheets will have this at the top, but a few have the lesson number at the bottom. I wanted this packet to be supe