Monday, June 20, 2016. Operation Day aka Vowel Surgery. I saw this blog post. I was so worth all the work for this day. To start off, all my kids came in and they got scrubbed in and dressed for surgery. We watched a short video about what doctors do during surgeries. We had our headlamps on too. We wanted to be able to see what we were doing. I had Bio-Hazard boxes at some of the stations. In this station, t.

Monday, August 10, 2015. Teach Inspire Change Blog Relaunch. Caitlin from Teach Inspire Change. Is having a blog relaunch! To celebrate, she and many of her bloggy friends have come together to bring you a TpT Bundle Giveaway! The TpT sellers involved in this giveaway are shown below. Sunday, August 9, 2015. My friend Amy from Learning Lessons with Mrs.

Sunday, August 9, 2015. School supplies are selling out in stores across America. insert wailing teachers here We want to make the summer to fall transition as easy as possible for you so we have 10 bundles of everything included below to give away. Is offering an Owl themed or Brightly themed decor set. I personally use these sets in my class. They are amazing! Learning Is Something To Treasure.

Friday, August 7, 2015. 2015 Virginia Teacher Bloggers Meet-Up. For an afternoon of networking, laughs, food, drinks, and some incredible swag and prizes! It was an incredible time, and well worth all of the planning and logistics that went into it. I want to share some of the experience with you! Thank you goes especially to Educents.

Monday, August 3, 2015. August Pick 3 Pinterest Party. August means getting back into teacher mode no matter how much I keep denying that summer vacation is just about over. But at least I have Lisa from PAWSitively Teaching. To help get me ready with their AWESOME Pinterest linky. Click Image to View Original Pinterest Link. I did these a couple of years ago.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. 5 Ways to Engage Your Students. This is a linky with Missy. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Getting Ready for a Successful First Week of School. I think that the first day of school is something I anticipate all summer! I even have nightmares about it! Once I dreamt that I showed up on the first day with no shoes. Another time, I dreamt that I woke up late, showed up late 2 hours late for work and that the principal had to take my class. Students use the cootie ca.

Sunday, August 2, 2015. Was your short summer snatched like mine? For teachers this new slang term has a double meaning! According to an article on popsugar. It was beautiful, awesome, and yet it was too short and is now gone. snatched, in the literal form. During the big sitewide sale! Has ev.

For the past few months I have searched the internet to find a cute calendar to use as my desktop wallpaper. For the amazing gift swap gifts! More on that later.

Saturday, August 15, 2015. Here are bunch of freebies for going back to school. Enjoy! First, teach your kids about digital citizenship! If you need some guidance, click here. Here is a pledge they can sign after you have taught them the rules. I created a Digital Citizen Pledge. You can download it from TPT here. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Favorite web sites for teaching. Linking with I Heart Grade 3. For my favorite teaching web sites.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Met A Hero! I had to stop and create this post after one of the most AH-MAZE-ING mornings! Please bear with me as I unload the details. Ron Clark who is such an inspirational teacher that I only dreamed I would ever get a chance to hear or see him. When the fabulous Hope King did a Periscope about her AH-MAZE-ING classroom at the Ron Clark Academy I was floored! So of .