It's been pretty wet and rainy off and on these past few weeks, but that didn't stop Mother Nature from showing up and delivering one last AMAZING rainbow for 2016! We're taking it as a sign that 2017 is going to be an awesome year! While we were staying warm and cozy in our pajamas winter break attire, we gave our Wonderful Weather resource a little re-do. Here's a peek at our updated Wonderful Weather unit: We've updated all of the Weather Word and Bingo Cards by using photographs ... VIEW POST
Wonderful Weather: Activities for the Primary Classroom
Classroom Procedures for Walking Through School
It seems like such a simple expectation...Walking through the halls of a school that is. But the reality is, sometimes there's a bit of a learning curve when it comes to walking around campus for our little learners. So, our school adopted an acronym called WALK... Seemed fitting. ;) We have WALK posters posted all around school, both inside and outside of our classrooms, as visual reminders to our students that they need to walk respectfully around campus. We also created this walking ... VIEW POST
Vocabulary Activities for Little Learners ~ Big Brain Words
A few years ago, we sat in a Professional Development meeting faced with the challenge of bringing robust vocabulary to the forefront of our primary classroom. It seemed such a BIG task for such little brains, but one that we agreed was imperative to teaching today’s learners. We spent over a year planning, creating, testing, editing, and analyzing the implementation of our program, Big Brain Words, with our own students. What we discovered was, not only was implementing a purposeful, ... VIEW POST
Top 10 Tips For Your Best Year Ever!
Each new school year brings with it a flood of emotions as teachers. We're excited. We're nervous. We're bummed (Summer, don't ditch us!!). We're exhausted. We're optimistic. Flying into our 15th year teaching first grade together, we've learned a few things about making the best of each new school year. Just like the catchphrases, "Happy Wife, Happy Life." and "If Mama's not Happy, Nobody's Happy." pop into our minds, so does "Keep your Dear Teacher Happy.". But that my friends, will not be ... VIEW POST
2016 Orlando Teacher Meet Up
Our 2016 Teacher Meet Up in Orlando was so much fun. This was our 5th year hosting and thanks to our very generous event sponsors (Teachers Pay Teachers, GoNoodle, and many others) over 700 hundred teachers enjoyed a night filled with hugs, laughter, and of course prizes! This meet up would not have been possible without the support of all our 2016 Teacher Meet Up Sponsors. THANK YOU! Please take a look at all our generous sponsors, see the prizes they donated, and give them some love for ... VIEW POST
Orlando Teacher Meet Up 2016
The Annual Teacher Meet Up is less than a month away!!! Our Teacher Meet-Up is moving to.... Sunny Orlando, Florida! July 13th at 6pm. #2016orlandomeetup This will be our 5th annual teacher blogger meet up. If you've ever joined us before, you know there will be lots of fun, lots of laughing, and lots of prizes to give away! Thanks to our main sponsor TeachersPayTeachers. Here's a shot of some of the fabulous teachers who came out last year! {Check out more ... VIEW POST
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