tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57608966536124898182024-02-19T00:42:40.186-08:00Mrs. G's Kindergarten in heelsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392269123089121887noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760896653612489818.post-72461132645132756452014-03-21T18:02:00.000-07:002014-03-21T18:02:14.290-07:00Reading organizers, close reads and FREEBIES!Well let's just say motherhood has been keeping me very busy lately. My little boy is already 6 months old and he is just the light of my life. Here is a little sneak peak at my handsome little boy, Greyson. <br />
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I couldn't have asked for a happier baby. This school year has been quite different for me, I missed the entire first nine weeks due to maternity leave and it has taken me a while to feel creative again. (Maybe it is just the lack of sleep a new mother endures during the first few months of mommy-hood.) Either way I am starting to feel like my normal creative Kindergarten self again. My creative juices started flowing when my team and I really dove into close reading lessons. I really enjoy doing these type lesson with my class. I never quite understood why teachers would continue to re-read the story three+ times, but now I love doing just that. I used to try to cram in so many questions and activities for one story in one or two days and no wonder my students and I felt the overload. Now stretching the story out among three days has saved me (and my students). They never complain about re-reading stories like they did in the past because they know that each day has a new focus. So with that in mind here is the first freebie....<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-at-the-Beach-Close-Reading-lesson-1171200" target="_blank">Bats at the Beach Close Read</a>.<br />
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My team and I really enjoyed creating this close reading lesson on my now new favorite story "Bats at the Beach" by Brian Lies. This lesson was created by myself, Darlene Tufariello and Vicky Dubin. (Here are the<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-and-the-Beach-Vocabulary-1171207" target="_blank"> Vocabulary cards</a> I created to go with the story.) My students loved the activities and the story. I can't wait to purchase "Bats at the Ballgame" next. <br />
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With close reading lesson in mind, I also started to think and focus on all aspects of great reading strategies for my students. I created this short little workbook to help my students organize their thoughts when discussing and retelling stories we read in the classroom. There are 12 creative worksheets
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contrasting two stories. One page is a spin and answer game that can be used for
any story and is great for small group instruction. There are also 12 vocabulary
cards that focus on reading. Enjoy this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Elements-workbook-and-reading-vocabulary-1165088" target="_blank">Story Elements and Reading Vocabulary</a> for FREE for limited time only. Free for one day only! I look forward to all feedback. If you pick up this product for free I would appreciate you rating this product on Teachers Pay Teachers. Thanks:)<br />
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Wow, summer has come and gone! I have already been back to school this week setting up my classroom for my new class. (Pics coming soon) I am very excited and anxious to get everything ready and set before the students arrive on the 19th of this month. Because not soon after the students arrive I am expecting to meet my new little addition to our family around August 27th! <u><b>Can't wait</b></u>. Although it is going to be hard to leave my new students at the start of the school year, I am very fortunate to be leaving them in good hands. <br />
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In honor of a new school year I created some more items for my TpT store. My Jungle clip behavior chart has been such a success on TpT that I decided to create some more thematic behavior charts. I created an ocean, bug, and general theme behavior clip chart. I am offering the following items for free for one day only. Please if you download, I would love you to leave your feedback on TpT's website. Enjoy!<br />
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<img src="http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u378/designbychristi/michellewild/msig.png" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392269123089121887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760896653612489818.post-54365800858712514982013-05-08T17:05:00.001-07:002013-05-08T17:05:35.352-07:00Writing! Writing! Self Assessments? I can not believe the school year is almost over. I have to admit this year has been one of the most stressful years of teaching yet. (Besides my first year of course!) This year my county has implemented many new strategies for teaching. New common core, new grading system and new self reflection VSET. As part of my goals and self reflection this school year I wanted to focus on self assessment in the classroom. I do this in a variety of ways. First, let's talk about self assessment in writing. When my class and I started exploring writing we discussed as a group what our grades (P1, P2, P3, P4) would look like and why. I created examples of each writing piece using the same topic with my class. (We wrote about a duck). I then used these writing examples to help guide my students in their self assessment all year long. After each writing piece my students compare their writing to the writing samples located on the board above each wiring bin. They then place their piece accordingly to what they believe their writing score will be. My students have really become stronger writers because of this self assessment They have grown from P1's to P4's and even some P5's. My students love grading themselves, I feel like it gives them a sense of personal achievement. They are always striving to make themselves better writers! Here are some pictures and examples of my students using self assessment strategies for writing. <br />
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As you can see in my pictures my students also use a card to help them while writing. They use this to indicate if they are on task and completing their work with out any problem vs. if they are in need of assistance. A colleague of mine adapted this for our Kindergarten classroom after collaborating with a second grade teacher at my school who uses a more advanced version of the card. <br />
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I have also used learning targets in my classroom to help self assess other subjects such as math, science and social studies. My students use the target to rate their understanding of the lesson being taught. <br />
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I am really interested in learning more about self assessment. Please share any ideas you may have about self assessment in your classroom. If you have a blog post about self assessment or writing, feel free to leave your link below. If you have used any of these self assessment practices that I discussed in this post I would love to hear if it worked well in your classroom. I look forward to everyone's feedback. <br />
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Now onto the sharing ideas...I recently came across this link during my kindergarten collaboration/discussion group. It was shared by an awesome colleague of mine. If you haven't seen this video yet, you have to check it out. <br />
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I love the idea of using discussion towers in my classroom. I have adapted it by giving my students only two-three cubes to help with discussion groups. My kindergarten students love using cubes to help guide their discussions. I have to be honest, I was a little skeptical with the new common core objective of participating in collaborative conversations about kindergarten texts with peers. I thought to myself "No way am I going to be able to keep all of my students on task and observe them confirming and understanding a particular text." Well, with the help of my colleagues and a little faith in myself...I am so glad to prove myself wrong. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE working in collaborative student lead conversations about a text and my students do too! <br />
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With young learners I know collaborative learning groups can be difficult at times and often students
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Now, a little late but better late than never. I completed a Math addition and subtraction assessment that relates to the Kindergarten common core standards. I use this in my classroom to help assess my students learning. I have many different worksheets that correlate to each addition and subtraction standard. You can click on the image below to go directly to my TpT store to download this packet. But the first TEN bloggers to comment below about student collaborative learning groups will get this packet for FREE! <br />
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And so the holiday season is officially over. I have to say I enjoyed my vacation with my family up north but I am so glad to be back in sunny Florida where the weather is much warmer. I can't believe I used to live in that cold for most of my life. I guess I can say I am officially a Floridian! I also can include that my sister is officially a Floridian too, she left the cold weather to come and stay with me while she finishes her college career. Hopefully all will be well and I can get used to living with family members again:). </div>
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2012 was a year of many ups and downs for me. One of the downs was finding out I had a thyroid problem. I can now say that 2013 is starting off to be a great year. My health is much better and my thyroid levels seem to be normal and have been for the past 5 months or so. Although I will continue to be monitored I am happy that I am in the clear for now. </div>
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I had plenty of time to reflect on my 2012 (while driving home from Jersey during a 15 hour car ride) and I have many plans for 2013. I don't really like New Years resolutions because let's face it I am like most people and quit my resolution after the first month. However, knowing that I am no good at resolutions but I am good at planning, I decided to make my 2013 plans. My plans for school is to create more items for my students and TpT store. ( I am working on creating another math assessment to share on TpT.) I love creating things on the computer. It is fun and relaxing at the same time. I can really get lost in my work sometimes. My husband enjoys looking over my shoulder at times and helping me come up with some creative ideas. It's really funny when he gets involved:)</div>
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As for my personal plans I want to continue to eat healthy, take my dog for more frequent walks, enjoy my time with my sister, and most importantly continue to be a good wife to my wonderful husband. I also have some remodeling ideas for the house. I am very excited to start some new projects here at home. </div>
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Now onto the linkies to continue talking more about some things that I have planned for 2013...The first linky I am joining is with Michelle at <a href="http://www.makingitteacher.com/2012/12/Making-It-As-A-Middle-School-Teacher.Whats-Ahead-2013-Linky.html" target="_blank">Making It As A Middle School Teacher</a> and the second linky is with Farley at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2012/12/currently-january.html" target="_blank">Oh Boy 4th Grade</a>. Enjoy and don't forget to link up they are so much fun! </div>
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This weekend has been great. I completed two 5K's and my legs are a little sore, but overall I feel awesome!. It's time to keep my running shoes on and not give up. Saturday's 5K was for the Girls on the Run program which is a great program we have at our schools that help train 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade girls for a 5K. I got to run with one of my former Kindergarten students who is now in 4th grade, Ahhh! I am starting to feel a little old. </div>
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Well, now onto ...December Currently! I am linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2012/12/currently-december.html" target="_blank">Farley over at Oh Boy Fourth Grade </a>for this month's edition. I know I am a little late to the party but better late than never! I completed my December currently yesterday afternoon, so no I am not eating popcorn for breakfast.<br />
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And now what you all have been waiting for...A Holiday Write the Room FREEBIE! I created this for my class. My students love writing the room this year. It is one of their favorite activities I decided to make it a little bit more fun and theme it around the upcoming holidays. Santa's Elves are being mischievous again, they took all the holiday presents and are hiding around the classroom. Santa doesn't know where to find them... Students will enjoy searching around the room for Santa's little helpers. This is a perfect literacy center activity for building sight word recognition and writing skills. Simply cut out the twelve sight word elves and stick them up in various places around the classroom. (I created two different sets.) Students use the master page on clipboards as they walk around the room to search for the elves and their presents. As they find each numbered elf, they write the sight word on their paper. Students have fun learning their words and searching for them! </div>
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I am so excited for the upcoming Holiday season. I am in the shopping for great sales kind of mood. I am a frequent Black Friday shopper and I have to say, I love the rush of it all. I got to experience this Black Friday with some of my great friends We started at 6:30 Thanksgiving evening and continued till 6:30 in the am. It was exhausting, fun, and exciting. The best part of it all is, I have most of my holiday shopping done. I just have a few items in my amazon wish list to purchase on Cyber Monday. Speaking of the great Cyber Monday, I am throwing a sale on my TpT store. I have some great common core activities posted. If you like anything you see please follow me, I hope to continue adding to my store. I am working on completing more common core math assessments to utilize in the Kindergarten classroom. You can click on the image below to go right to the sale!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392269123089121887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760896653612489818.post-62555997946184942552012-11-12T09:42:00.001-08:002012-11-12T09:42:27.373-08:00Thanksgiving Unit finally finished! FREE to the first 5 bloggers!<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's been awhile, I guess you can guess life had been pretty busy for me. I just celebrated my 31st birthday with some great friends. Even though I am another year older it was one of the best birthdays ever! I have my wonderful husband and friends to thank for that. </div>
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This weekend I finally finished my Thanksgiving literacy and math unit. I have to say, for my first themed unit I am pretty proud of this one. I would love to hear your feedback on this unit, therefore I am offering this unit to the first 5 bloggers who post about what they are thankful for. (It can be school related or personal). Don't forget to leave an email address in your comment so I can quickly send you the file. </div>
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Now onto a fun linky. Since some of you will be sharing somethings you are thankful for, I thought it only be fair for me to do the same. I am linking up with Storie from <a href="http://storiesbystorie.blogspot.com/2012/10/link-up-enter-to-win-top-10-things-im.html" target="_blank">Stories </a>and writing about my top 10 things I am thankful for. </div>
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No time to blog today because I am working on something special to share with you all soon. I have been busy all day creating a fun common core aligned thanksgiving unit. Keeping my fingers crossed I can actually finish this in time to share with everyone so that you can use it in your classroom.<br />
Just dropping by to give ya'll a quick giveaway notification! Corinna Over at <a href="http://www.officiallyafirstgrader.blogspot.com/2012/10/huge-100-follower-giveaway.html" target="_blank">O"Fish"ally a first grader</a> is having a huge 100 follower giveaway. Click on the image below to go check it out! </div>
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Wow, I get to blog on a weekday! This rarely happens these days with my busy schedule . Good news is our first quarter is coming to an end very shortly. Let's just say I have assessments and grades up to my neck and I almost feel like I am drowning in papers. Anyway that is not what I really came on here to talk about, what I really want to tell you all is that I have been BOOED by my good friend Lisa over at <a href="http://learningissomethingtotreasure.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Learning is Something to Treasure</a>! <br />
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1. Halloween Candy Sort by beginning sounds. This was created by a teacher friend. It's fun, yummy and a great learning tool!</div>
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Ok, so I have been MIA lately and it is now time to play catch up. Although I have not been posting lately, I have had a few moments to look around to see what everyone else is up to. I have been trying to make the time to join some great linky parties so here it goes. The first linky I am joining is the Freebie Flashback hosted by my good friend Lisa over at <a href="http://learningissomethingtotreasure.blogspot.com/2012/10/freebie-flashbackmy-very-first-linky.html" target="_blank">Learning is Something to Treasure.</a> I know I am a little (a lot) late to the party but this is her first linky party and it is a good one. So many great Freebies!!!!</div>
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Today I am sharing with you a few FREEBIES from my Freebie page located on my blog. Click <a href="http://mrsgskindergarteninheels.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>to check out my blog page. My Writer's Eye posters are a big hit and I love referring to my Writer's Eye bulletin board this year. I have a few different versions so make sure you check out my entire store to see which is best for you. My students are really starting to grasp the skills they need to become great writers at such an early age. </div>
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Well it is almost 2:00 here in Florida and I just finished cleaning the house. My weekly chores are mostly finished...all except my piles of laundry. This was on my to-do list yesterday but when I went to turn the water on to start the laundry, nothing happened. So as of now my washer machine does not work. Hopefully, hubby can fix it when he gets in from work. The trials and tribulations of being a homeowner sometimes stinks! But for now I am not going to worry about school or home because today is my Sunday Fun-day and all there is left to do is enjoy some good company, play cards with some good friends, watch the EAGLES beat the giants (hopefully Vick will get it together for this game) and eat some good football food. I just bought my new Eagles attire for this season and I can't wait to where it proudly today. Check them out...<br />
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Well, this weekend I went a little Amazon crazy, not only did I buy Eagles attire for myself but I also got some for the hubby and in my wishlist I have an Eagles jersey for my dog. (That will have to wait until next pay day, sorry Buster.) But my favorite thing I bought was the new Kindle Fire HD! I am so excited, I can hardly wait. I loved my old Kindle Fire and used it all the time at home and in the classroom. I even used it at the beach this summer and that was not such a great idea because my kindle fire kinda went swimming in the ocean and I have been with out a Kindle ever since. My smart hubby did buy me the protection plan so I was able to get a new one and upgrade for hardly no cost at all! I only spent about $50 out of my own pocket to buy another two-year accidental plan. Knowing me this is WELL worth the investment. For some reason technology and me (and water) are NO good together. I have lost plenty of phones, one ipod, and now a Kindle to pools, oceans and even toilet water. My husband is now so used to these accidents that everything we buy now comes with a protection plan or insurance:)<br />
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I can't wait to start using this with my kiddos again. They absolutely loved it last year. I hope to get my new students used to using the Kindle because my school has purchased about 30 ipads for us to share and use in the classroom. I plan to use the Kindle until all the ipads are set up and ready to go. This way when they are ready my class will be too! I would love to hear about any great apps out there that you may be using in the classroom. Please leave me a comment and let me know which is your favorite app. Thanks for reading and go E-A-G-L-E-S!<br />
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Does anyone else feel that this school year is already starting off CRAZY! With so much to do in the classroom I barely have time to get on and post new blogs. I have become a casual blogger, but I promise I will make more time in the future to get on the computer and read everyone's wonderful posts. So the not so good news is... I have developed carpal tunnel in my right hand and man oh man does it HURT! Who knew that carpal tunnel could be so painful. Thankfully today my hand has felt a little better so what is the first thing I decide to do? Of course it involves typing and blogging about what's happening. </div>
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We started adapting to common core last year, but this year we are in <i>full</i> common core mode. With many of our standards changing I found that I was left with some missing resources, especially in math. Therefore, I started to create my own common core math assessment and practice workbook. I just posted my numbers and operations workbook to my TpT store this week. It is very similar to my geometry packet but this one has over 20 worksheet that correlate to the Counting and Number standards. And wait for it, wait for it...The best part, it is on sale all this week. Feel free to click the link below to go directly to my TpT store to snatch this up for only $2.50. <br />
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After a very long stressful week, I ended the week with some good news, good friends, and a great idea for my personal developmental improvement plan. So the good news is I received a Futures grant for $500 to improve my Kindergarten Team's science materials. With this grant I am going to purchase some really awesome already made science centers from Lakeshore learning center that correlate with the new common core standards. I can't wait to go shopping and to use these new materials with my little Kindergartners! </div>
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We needed a little relaxation after Friday's professional development day. We sat in a meeting for a few hours on Friday morning discussing and learning about how we should develop our personal improvement plan. We always had to do some kind of personal improvement plan but this year we are learning how to complete our personal improvement plan using a new system. I think the meeting went very well because now I know what I want to do for my students this year. I am going to focus on writing skills with my students. This has always been one of my most challenging subjects to teach. It is just not my favorite subject, but I created a few items this year to help my students become better writers. And to help me become a better writing teacher! </div>
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Hello everyone! I missed you guys, I have been a very bad blogger lately. I guess you can say that the start of the school year is always so exhausting. I feel like I am running a marathon, and each time I see a little water break in my near future they take it away, I just can't catch my breath this year. So today, I decided to just sit back, relax and do something I enjoy...like going to the gym and blogging. (OK, so I skipped the gym and took a nap instead). It's an all about me afternoon so NO school work. Yea right, like that last comment is even possible. </div>
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I loved this name tile idea so I decided to make some for my students this year. (Sorry, I can't remember where I found this). My students are really starting to recognize the letters in their names and the names of their classmates. They first had to complete their name with letter tiles and then I let them pick another friend from the bin and spell their friend's name. They loved it. </div>
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I know, I know, I am posting twice in one day which is a big NO, NO but I am stuck in bed sick... what else is a girl to do? Firstly, I want to thank those who have commented already on my <a href="http://mrsgskindergarteninheels.blogspot.com/2012/09/common-core-geometry-assessment-freebie.html" target="_blank">Common Core Geometry assessment freebie</a>, I look forward to your feedback. I am still giving some more away so If you hop on over and comment I would love to share this piece with you. </div>
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So I have been hanging in this weekend due to an awful head cold. But that leaves me plenty of time to start working on some common core assessments. We are almost done with our geometry and sorting topic in Math and I have been observing my students and making notes through out our unit but I always like to have something more than just an observation checklist... I need artifacts! </div>
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How cute are these! Mrs. Cole from <a href="http://coleslittlepups.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cole's Little Pups</a> created these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scott-Foresman-Paint-Dot-Sight-Words-First-Grade-Complete-Set" target="_blank">Sight Word Paint Dots</a>. These are one of her top sellers. You totally have to stop by her TpT store and check them out. I am sure these will help those little ones that struggle to learn their sight words. Here is an example of one...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18392269123089121887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5760896653612489818.post-91810954746011195732012-09-06T15:11:00.000-07:002012-09-06T15:11:16.055-07:00Stay Strong! <div style="text-align: center;">
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It's that time again! I am linking up with Farley from <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2012/09/currently-september.html" target="_blank">Oh' Boy Fourth Grade</a> to tell you all about what I am doing currently. But before you read my currently I have to say my three day weekend started off fabulous (beach, BBQ with friends, supporting a good cause, more BBQ's) and it got really "crappy" towards the end. Read my currently if you want to know why my "crappy" is in quotations. Needless to say September <i>currently </i>is not starting off really well. Here's hoping it gets better soon. Now currently ...</div>
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Ok, so I just love singing with my little Kindergartners! This year my class really enjoys singing along with me, they often tell me that singing songs is their favorite part of the day. Of course it helps that all my songs are pretty much short little movie clips to help them learn visually too. I find myself constantly searching YouTube for new learning songs/videos. I am sure some of you already know about the wonderful world of <a href="http://www.keepvid.com/" target="_blank">Keepvid</a> but just in case you haven't come across this lovely website I would love to introduce to you what it can do. </div>
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My latest favorite video clips include the "Alphablocks". If you have not watched any of these videos please search them in YouTube. My little ones love when I play anything Alphablocks. </div>
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Ooops! Friday came and went. <br />
I am a little late but I'm back again and linking up with <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blog Hoppin</a> for Freebie Friday. I am going to keep this one short and sweet. Here is the link to my <a href="http://mrsgskindergarteninheels.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html" target="_blank">Freebie </a>page. If you take a look around my TpT store there are plenty of freebies. I have many different versions of the "Writer's Eye" and "Reading Strategies." Go check them out and see if anything fits your needs:) I will be updating my TpT store this weekend. Here are some future items you will see:</div>
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1. Hitting the gym actually is the best stress reliever! </div>
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3. Cuddling with my Buster! He is a shih tzu /poodle mix and he has my heart. </div>
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