My friend Jen Erickson has posted some AwEsOmE word study activities on her TPT Store! My kids LOVE these activities! They are totally engaged and have so much fun. Seriously, they are asking to do them All. The. Time! Click on the picture to link to her store!! All you need are crayons, dice, and pairs! I am going to put these in take home bags next year for extra practice! Thanks Jen!! You ROCK!
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DINOSAURS are walking in Room 9! I have about 9 students (from 18) who are obsessed with the critters! So I decided to dust off an old unit and spend the last two weeks reading and writing about these amazing creatures! We have weekly Star Students...we make them a Star book and they kids have been asking me to dra some pretty difficult pictures...for someone who can only draw stick figures...not too shabby, if I do say so myself! Elsa is a big hit with the girls!
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OH, AND, I finally found some black mini crates at the Dollar General in Bloomington, IL. Now I can sleep at night!! OK, here is the story... See these gorgeous "transparent" mini crates?
Well, they don't make this color anymore. two of mine cracked and broke :( boo! I have had them for 8 years! When I went looking for them, all I could find were black! So as OCD as I am, I could not have just 2 black and the rest "transparent". Luckily, they were only 50 cents! I purchased all the mini crates DG had in my town. Wouldn't you know, I was two short! Ugg!! I searched 4 DG stores in my area with no luck! I was getting frustrated. Then while in Bloomington, several weeks later, my son had a soccer game and I dropped him at the field and stopped in...behold there were 5 black mini crates!! FOR 50 CENTS!! I bought all 5!!!
So that is it for now!! I have 9 days of school left - only half of my DRA2 Assessments are done and I am feeling a little overwhelmed!! I also have volunteer gifts to make -- AAARRGGG!!! Oh well!
Happy Teaching,
