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I cannot believe it is already Friday! Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining but this week flew by and now we are only one week (and two days) away from Thanksgiving Break! Thank you so much to <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for hosting such a fun way to share!</div>
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Last week we talked about Native Americans and I shared with you some of the cute projects my class and the other K teachers did. However, I left off my favorite project. Our directed art Native Americans. I have done this for years and got it from another teacher friend that has now retired. I am unsure of its origins so if you know, PLEASE let me know where to give the credit!<br />
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This is a directed art lesson my teacher neighbor did, she found it on <a href="http://learningwithmrsparker.blogspot.com/2013/11/guided-drawings-of-pilgrims-and-native.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+LearningWithMrsParker+(Learning+with+Mrs.+Parker)" target="_blank">Learning with Mrs. Parker</a>'s Blog.<br />
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This week we talked about Pilgrims. We had a lot of fun learning about the Mayflower. We decided we would not have wanted to travel on such a crowded ship for 66 day!</div>
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My across the hall neighbor made this super cute graph!</div>
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Love these directed art pilgrims (also from <a href="http://learningwithmrsparker.blogspot.com/2013/11/guided-drawings-of-pilgrims-and-native.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+LearningWithMrsParker+(Learning+with+Mrs.+Parker)" target="_blank">Learning with Mrs. Parker</a>). I think they turned out super cute!<br />
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Have you received a Leibster Award? Would you like to check out some amazing teacher blogs that have? The super sweet Kathleen Wright from Kidspeople Classroom has created a place to link up with other Liebster Award blogs. Check out the linky {<a href="http://www.kidpeopleclassroom.com/2014/11/find-liebster-bloggers.html" target="_blank">here</a>}!<br />
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I just have to take a minute to share what is going on in my personal life. Previously I mentioned that we are selling our house so that we can build a new one. I have been hesitant to say anything on here before for fear of things not working out but I feel led to share. We are getting custody of my beautiful nieces in December!!! My little family of 5 (me, hubs, and 3 fur babies) is growing by two! As much as I love my house and our neighborhood we are going to need more space. I said it before, this is definitely a God thing. Our house has been listed for a little over a week. We had asked our realtor to give us two weeks to spruce things up and get it ready. Well less than 24 hours after we listed the house someone wanted to see it. I was very disappointed when that showing fell through. BUT Tuesday when I was off (and painting a bedroom I should say) we got a call that someone wanted to see the house that day! I had four hours to get my house clean and back together. And although that family picked a different neighborhood, my realtor called the next day to say that she has someone wanting to see the house today. I love how things just keep working themselves out! I am ecstatic! I have never sold a house before so maybe two showing week one is not as great as I think it is but considering we were thinking it would be a much slower start, I couldn't be more pleased. Please continue to pray and/or send positive thoughts our way - every little bit helps!<br />
Also, any house selling tips are appreciated - just leave a comment below!<br />
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I am so happy it is Friday and time for another wonderful <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Five for Friday from Doodle Bugs Teaching!</a></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"> This week began our first ever grade level Project Based Learning unit on Thanksgiving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> This week we began our unit with our essential question: Is it better to be a kid today; or, a kid during the time of the first
Thanksgiving long ago? I then asked who they thought participated in the first Thanksgiving. I was shocked that they had NO clue. So I turned to my trusty friend Discovery Education and found an image and </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">a short video clip about the first Thanksgiving. </span><br />
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We then made our schema chart about Native Americans. Before showing them the chart I asked what they knew about Native Americans. I was very worried when no one had anything to say until I showed them the chart and they made the connection that Native Americans are Indians. So the first thing they added to the chart was that Native Americans were called Indians. </div>
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There are so so so many amazing Native American legends that it was really hard to narrow it down to two. In the end I went with the projects I liked the most! </div>
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We watched <u>The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush</u> on Discovery Education and made these cute Native American vase and flowers.</div>
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We also read <u>Arrow to the Sun</u> and made dream catchers.</div>
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Here are some of the cute projects my amazing teacher friends did with their classes!</div>
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This year we have cut back on the number of "parties" allowed in class. The only "parties" we can have are at Christmas and the end of the year. During other holidays we can have a special snack during our 15 minute snack time. As hard as it was for me to let go of all the fun games treats I have done in the past, I think it turned out really nice!<br />
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Halloween Special Snack - A+ to the amazing mom that made these too cute cookies for the kiddos to enjoy during snack time!<br />
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Halloween with my beautiful nieces!<br />
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Love spending the weekends with these girls!<br />
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Leave a comment and then head over to <a href="http://secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com/">Miss DeCarbo's blog Sugar and Spice</a> and check all the amazing Wordless Wednesday posts!<br />
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Listening - my kiddos are having a discussion about what 2+2 equals. They asked me for the answer and I just said, well what does plus mean. They were stumped and then began discussing that. Finally they agreed on what plus meant and figured the answer out on their own. I love how little brains are always working!</div>
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Loving - I got to spend another amazing weekend with two beautiful nieces, Kylie and Kinsley! We trick or treated and rode on a hayride (thanks to my fabulous hubby) with friends on Friday and then spent Saturday looking at our - soon to be - new house!</div>
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Thinking - I really hate interruptions. Especially this year when I have such an active, talkative, and early distracted class. This morning I was interrupted at least nine times from 8:45-11:30. CRAZY!</div>
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Wanting - I live on the gulf coast for a lot of reasons and 43 degree mornings sure is not one! I know, I know, I'm a big wimp. It's only been chilly for a few days and I am kind of over it. Warm weather, please come back soon!!!!!</div>
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Needing - We have been thinking about building for about a year now. We finally found a house plan and builder we love but still wanted to wait about a 6 months to a year to get things started. Well God has a different plan it seems. We found the PERFECT lot! It is on a cul des ac and we will only have neighbors on the left side of us and across the street. Now we NEED our house to sell sometime between now and March/April when the house will be finished. I would definitely prefer soon rather than later even if that means moving into an apartment a few months!!!! Prayers appreciated!</div>
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Reading - Since I spent my weekend playing with my nieces and getting the perfect lot, I am hoping to have time today to read my favorite blogs. This is usually my Saturday morning over coffee routine but just didn't work out this time!</div>
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Happy Halloween!!!! I hope you all have a frightfully great time this weekend! I am joining <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for Five for Friday - barely!</div>
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Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon IT came and reimaged my computer. Do you know what that means? They wiped it completely clean and it is just like brand new. I did know this was going to happened so I have every thing backed up (I hope!) on an external hard drive but now I have to make time to transfer all my stuff back over. I am hoping they way I saved things on the hard drive will make it a little less painful. I just hate that right now I cannot find a thing on this computer! Please forgive the lack of pictures as they are somewhere between the cloud, my external hard drive, and the 3 flash drives I have floating around!<br />
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Is it just me or are the kiddos loosing their minds. My class has been EXTREMELY active - more so than the normal "it's almost Halloween and the weather is changing for the 100th time" active. I have really dug into Class Dojo. Have you tried this? I am loving it and so are my kids. I customized all the positive (dings) and negative (dongs) points and meet with each child at the end of the day to let them know how they have done. At the end of the week, students with enough points visit the treasure chest. Students can also go online with a code and personalize their avatar - hello OWNERSHIP! Parents can also go online with a personal code and see how each day has been and at the end of the week Class Dojo sends them a weekly report. I love how easy this makes marking my behavior sheets at the end of the day. It also makes giving conduct grades at the end of the quarter effortless and <u>equitable</u>!<br />
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This year I have quite a few kiddos that do not know letter names and are having a hard time learning them. We have amazing tutors that come in and work with small groups to help these kids but we are seeing limited progress. What do you do with your kiddos that are having trouble with letter names???? All tools and suggestions are welcome!<br />
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As you may have seen in my post earlier this week, the AMAZING <a href="http://growinglittlelearners.blogspot.com/">Pixie Anne from Growing Little Learners</a> nominated me for the Liebster Award. I am so honored and had to give her one more shout out of thanks!!!! Check my <a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/2014/10/liebster-award.html">earlier post</a> for the 11 amazing blogs that I have nominated - they are all so amazing and deserving!<br />
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Today my beautiful nieces are coming down for Trick or Treating and I cannot wait until I get off work at 6:00 (I work at our After School Childcare program) to go play! My amazing husband is surprising them with a hayride for their transportation around the neighborhood. Who walks when you can ride on a trailer filled with hay!! </div>
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How are you spending your Halloween weekend? Leave a comment below and then head over to <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> and see what others have been doing this week!</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> Blogging was a </span><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">complete</span><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> accident and I am so happy for it! I started reading blogs two years ago to get inspiration and ideas for my classroom. I then found the amazing resource Teachers Pay Teachers. </span><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Being</span><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> OCD, I wanted to make things like what I found </span><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">on TPT but that perfectly fitted me and my classroom theme - frogs. After spending countless hours teaching myself to design I decided to open my TPT store just to share what I created and to support my TPT and graphic habit! </span><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> I realized the best way to share my product would be with a blog, so I decided I would give it a try. A year and a half ago and started my own blog. I now spend WAY more time on my blog than my TPT store. I have been </span><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">truly</span><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> blessed by all the amazing teachers I have met along the way!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">2. </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">What one word sums up the heart of your blog and why</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Connections! As a teacher, we spend so much of our time with little ones that it is so nice to have adult interactions. I have amazing teacher friends and amazing non teacher friends to help fill my need for adult interaction but lets face it, we are a different breed. I saw an great article on Facebook this weekend from the blog Love, Teach {<a href="http://www.loveteachblog.com/2012/01/why-teachers-are-complete-psychos.html?m=1">here</a>} explaining why teachers are psychos. It is hilarious but true. I think blogging has connected me with so many amazing teachers that "get it". I love hearing their teaching stories and how that interacts with their personal lives. It is nice to be connected and know that we can all by psycho together!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">YES! So much!!! For much of my first year of blogging, I was clueless. I felt like I was talking to dead air. I then learned the power of linkies and blog hops. I also learned a lot about blog design that would not trade for anything! The blogosphere is full of amazing, talented and friendly people that have blessed me and this blog!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Doing anything with my beautiful nieces, my 3 dogs, and my hubby! I also love to read (books and blogs), "playing" on Pinterest and spending time at the beach.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. <strong>How many hours per week do you dedicate to your blog</strong>? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">7.</span><strong style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> Where does your blog inspiration come from</strong><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">? </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">From my Kinders and from the amazing ideas I have gotten from fellow teachers, blogs, and Pinterest. What keeps we coming back though is the connections!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">8. </span></span><strong style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">Which post that you've written are you most proud of</strong><span style="line-height: 23px;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">?</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;">My Discovery Education posts {<a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education">here</a>}. Discovery Education is amazing! Not only is there tons of content that make </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">integrating</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"> technology into the classroom easy, there are are also tons of teaching tips and a fabulous support for teachers in aspects of teaching. Almost daily I find some way to use DE in my classroom.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">Pixie Anne has these super cute button frames with pictures and facts about each child for end of the year parent gifts. I have pinned these for the end of the year! Check them out {<a href="http://growinglittlelearners.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/five-for-friday-summer-is-here.html">here</a>}!</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://luvmykinders.blogspot.com/"><img alt="Luv My Kinders" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP_AEhSESYO-_2gFkggcLKyjYnP73-PwYdb_AHccHjc3lZwjR1sAMzLFJCaym1YLfxdQfmaKOKyvLD8nsCZK3rgZYPA26nPndv_kwzkVC5O28-1iuAVzdrrIINKn35TlEsxXfFL_HiCw/s1600/button.png" height="150" width="150" /> </a><br />
<a href="http://gluesticksandcrayons.blogspot.com/" title="Gluesticks & Crayons"><img alt="Gluesticks & Crayons" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XhzGqtJBX4kc484h0jquZEfKBKi7yfzEpcAl-PdV7w5MeELwfLDLIGo2QXJmPoE88MkNOAbfpINZWbnA8e17GxRotYRrQE6oH6TbiQ-ZR4p8oeHby8bXS4dI1HvUYWhQGtVw5DUo1Yk/s1600/Button.png" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://thebigappleteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnV8cPWlMwtP2meBSsGac2n133PXoO0jCnsIIK41U1pxXWJeFvP0SA7tUf6TwcA60c74IqIdg22SPXCUv1JYV9gxZI85n15w1uk0a_BnL9Bc8bSdnMPWYWjK2jeTgRpPBKr5PCOXoVDI/s1600/the+big+apple+button.jpg" /></a></center>
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<a href="http://owlbeinkindergarten.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Owl Be In Kindergarten"><img alt="Owl Be In Kindergarten" src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/JumpingJaxDesigns/Blog%20Designs/OwlBeinKinderButton_zps17c8d874.png" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://kdgconnection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP26KYdFZuLca3W7mLlj1WQ4tG1u10x1Ad-BSLLSd1FbfmXRvL1jCQJnMx0n6hCu4fTJnMHvctN3yKX4ajGhyphenhyphen7jKC9YLhlZPlSVKky3VONpc67O2bh07DwWqg4b-6Qg8tm-JSNeQnpFnk/s1600/kinder+connection+button.jpg" /></a></center>
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<a href="http://pocketofpreschool.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" title="Pocket of Preschool"><img alt="Pocket of Preschool" src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/JumpingJaxDesigns/Blog%20Designs/PocketofPreschoolButton_zps5d5f59f6.png" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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I love <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Five for Friday from Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> and am excited to share with you my five!<br />
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Last week again started out amazing. My sweet nieces came down to visit. We went to my school's Fall Festival on Friday night and on Saturday we went to the Shrimp Festival at the beach (We didn't last long. It was way too hot to have forgotten our swimsuits!), and then to Wales West Pumpkin Patch Express in Silverhill. If you live around the Gulf Coast and you have kiddos of your own, Wales West is worth a trip. I found out about this place when we started taking our Kinders to the <strike>Polar</strike> Arctic Express at Christmas and fell in love. The Pumpkin Express did not disappoint. The girls loved riding the two different trains and going on a hay ride and horse/pony ride. We all had a great time going through the haunted house to get to pick our pumpkins and decorate them. I just wish it wasn't 90 degrees with 90% humidity in OCTOBER!!!<br />
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This week at school we started wrapping up our farm unit with a lot of directed art! We made pigs, hens, chicks, sheep, and my favorite - cows!<br />
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We survived our first skating trip yesterday!</div>
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Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I spent time with my beautiful friend Haley (and my other bestest friends) as we celebrated Haley's wedding! It was an amazing weekend. Kind of sad it is over. Already missing spending so much time with friends from all over!</div>
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I met the beautiful bride in middle school band. We both played the flute!</div>
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What a tough life, drinking coffee, overlooking the gulf in our supper cute matching robes while we get hair and makeup done for the big day!</div>
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So maybe this is cheating on my #5 but it is a big deal to me! I am happy to say after two months of back to back full weekends, the sweet hubby and I are spending a nice quiet weekend cleaning and grocery shopping! Doesn't sound like a ton of fun but not having to be anywhere by any certain until church Sunday is going to be AMAZING!</div>
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I love this time of year! This week we are gearing up for Halloween by learning about Nocturnal and Diurnal animals - aka all things that are "creepy and spooky". These owls are one of my favorite art projects. I love to see how each student interprets the exact same directions!<br />
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This guy is a rebel! He is "floating" in the air instead of sitting on a limb!</div>
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We discussed one owl that looked like he had ears but really they were just feathers. I love to see what they pick up on!</div>
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This one if from one of my OCD kids! He said he could NOT mix the colors! :)</div>
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What are you guys doing to celebrate fall and Halloween? Comment below and then join Miss DeCarbo and let us know!<br />
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This week started with an amazing weekend with my two favorite people, my nieces, Kylie and Kinsley!<br />
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Saturday night we went to Birmingham, Al for Boo at the Zoo. It was wonderful! We had a great time and made the best memories.<br />
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Me and my mini me, Kinsley</div>
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Sunday the girls, Avery (the hubs), my mom and I got to see my BFF, also known as my "pretend sister" to the girls, Amanda and her family baptize her 9 month old daughter, Arabella. I am so happy we were in our home town to be able to attend. Our families are so close we might as well be related!<br />
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My sweet "pretend" family! I hate I don't have a better picture!!!</div>
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In class this week, we have started our farm unit. I have been very impressed with what all my kiddos already know about the farm and farm animals.<br />
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We graphed our favorite farm animals - I have a class full of horse lovers!<br />
Lettering Delights has super cute farm animal clipart, fonts, and more! I used farm animals from the "On the Farm" Collection<br />
Click on the giraffe under my "Makes Me Smile" section to learn more about this amazing site!</div>
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We even brought farm animals into our math workshops! <span style="text-align: center;">I found the cutest math game from TPT {</span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farm-Math-and-Literacy-Unit-908141" style="text-align: center;">here</a><span style="text-align: center;">}! My kiddos LOVED it!! They rolled the<strike> dice </strike>"dot cube", found the animal the number correlated with and then covered one number for that animal. So much fun. I mean who doesn't love to play with the "dot cube"!</span></div>
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In reading we watched the classic <u>Three Little Pigs</u> and then read <u>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs</u> and made a venn diagram of the two.<br />
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And just for fun we ended talking about the three little pigs by reading <u>The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig</u>!<br />
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Next week we are continuing the farm and will be reading Jack and the Bean Stalk and using {<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Process-Lesson-and-Craft-Fractured-Fairy-Tales-Me-and-the-Beanstalk-211036">this</a>} supper cute writing activity!<br />
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So I promised the blog post a LONG time ago but since then my world has turned upside down in very exciting ways that I cannot wait to share with you a little later on. (No, not pregnant - yet!) I hope this finds you all well and enjoy your new kiddos!</div>
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favorite parts of DE (there are sooooo many) is the common core lesson plans. I taught a few of them
last year, but made a point this year to put them on my scope and sequence.
These lessons are amazing! </span>They include links to video and image files from DE, worksheets, digital books and many more resources. Not to mention they list all the common core standards you are
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This past week we started talking about our five senses. This is something in the past I have taught near Christmas along with gingerbread men. However, since starting to teach AMSTI (Alabama Math Science Technology Initiative) science kits, I now need to teach five senses at the beginning of the year. So I began looking for fun ways to get my kids interested and was so excited to find a great three day lesson already done for me on Discovery Education. </div>
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I took this lesson and added to it to make a Project Based Learning lesson. I wanted to show not only how amazing the common core lessons from DE are but also how easy they are to add to and cover an amazing amount of standards.</div>
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I asked the essential question for the lesson, which was provided in the DE lesson, (one less thing to come up with on my own!): </div>
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How do we use our senses to learn about the world around us?</div>
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This lead to a really great discussion. Some of my kiddos knew about the five senses and some did not. Then there were some kids that knew what they were but not what they were called. I loved when those students figured out they actually knew more than they thought. Another thing I love about the DE lesson is that they give you a list of questions that you can ask during discussions that are great for bringing in ELA standards. These helped me lead the discussion to hit all five of the senses. </div>
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After the discussion, I told the kids we were going to watch a video of <u>Little Red Ridding Hood</u> and I wanted them to think about how Red used her five senses. After the movie we reviewed the plot (questions provided with the lesson to cover science and ELA standards) and about all the ways Red used her five senses in the story. </div>
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Next we re-watched the part where Red realizes the wolf is disguised as her grandmother. We made a chart of what Red noticed, the wolf's reasoning, and the sense.</div>
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To end the lesson for the day we read one of my favorite five senses books, <u>My Five Senses</u> by Aliki. Click the book to head over to Amazon and get a copy for yourself!</div>
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We looked at our chart from the day before and discussed each sense and then labeled our five senses anchor chart:</div>
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We then talked about how important our senses are to us and how different our life would be without any of our senses. We closed our eyes and tried to write our name and then a few tried to find the bathroom. We did a lot of giggling but realized just how hard it would be not if we could not see. We then watched a video from DE about a little boy, Tristan, that is deaf. When we discussed the video (again questions provided that cover not only science but ELA standards as well) I was touched by how much empathy the kids had for Tristan. We then talked about how Tristan was just like them in a lot of ways. I passed out the DE worksheet for them to write/draw about one way they are like Tristan.</div>
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This was a short day due to our schedule. We reviewed our senses with our anchor charts. We watched the short video segment from Discovery Education: Your Five Senses and the world around you.<br />
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My sweet teacher neighbor gave me an amazing and simple flip book to make with the kiddos. They drew which part of their body was important for each sense.<br />
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Then we moved into our AMSTI weather unit. We used our five senses to go outside and observe the weather. This lead us to talk about how scientist mostly just use FOUR of the five senses and how dangerous it is to taste things when we are being scientist! I sure did not want to have to write a letter to a parent to explain why their child ate dirt or licked the sidewalk. :)<br />
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We started this lesson with the question, "How can we use all our senses at one time?". I had a lot of great responses and most were centered around food - which is where I wanted it to go. Then we popped and ate popcorn and filled in this anchor chart. (From Pinterest of course! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/11118330305873363/">here</a>)<br />
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To wrap up our lesson I asked the essential question again. How do we use our senses to learn about the world around us? This time they wrote/drew about how they use their senses to learn about places they go or things they do. (part of the DE lesson)<br />
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I gave them the prompt: My senses help me learn about my world when I ___. They thought about a place they could go or something they could do. We then met on the carpet and shared our writing.<br />
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Link to my Kindergarten Anchor Charts Pinterest Board {<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/melissams2/kindergarten-anchor-charts/">here</a>}<br />
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This week we started our three week unit, "All About Me". This first week we spent learning all about our five senses. Here is our anchor chart that the kids have been labeling all week. The labels are in the library to be laminated (nothing like finding a fun idea on Pinterest last minute!!) so we have just been using sticky notes!</div>
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To introduce the Five Senses, I used a Common Core in the Classroom lesson from Discovery Education. My Five Senses: How They Help Me Learn About the World is an amazing three day lesson that really helped my students understand the importance of our senses. Using the wolf from the fairytale, <u>Little Red Riding Hood</u> , I introduced the five senses to my kiddos. They were HOOKED! We then watched different video clips, read books about each sense and did a lot of whole group and independent writing to explore how our senses help us learn about the world around us. I plan to do a more in-depth post about this over the weekend!<br />
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This week we also began our AMSTI Science Weather Kit. Before we became scientist though, we had to brainstorm exactly what a scientist does. Here is our super cute anchor chart that will hang on our science board all year!<br />
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Our first lesson on weather began with a book by one of my favorite author/illustrators, Jim Arnosky, <u>Rabbits and Raindrops</u>. I love his books and so do the kids! In theory we would have contrasted our weather with the rabbits but since the weather was exactly the same, we had a great time comparing them. My kiddos fell in love with being a scientist and observing the weather. For the first time in three weeks, they were ALMOST quiet! :)<br />
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Later we discussed different types of weather that we have here on the Gulf Coast and graphed our favorite kind! As hot as it has been the past few weeks, I don't think I blame them for liking cold weather best!<br />
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This week we have begun our Counting Jar morning work. Counting jar is part of AMSTI Math from the Terc Investigations math book. We have PE first thing so there is not a lot we can get done in the short amount of time so we do our counting jar. The kids come in and they have a counting basket on their table. In the basket there is a bowl of buttons, four empty containers, sticky notes and counting manipulatives. The students count the buttons, create a counting basket containing the same amount, and then write the numeral (if they can at this point) and draw a picture representation of the number. The students post their sticky notes on our class counting jar. After finishing my morning work, I walk around and check their baskets. This has worked out great! We are still working on working quietly and independently but it is going really well!<br />
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We are also starting Daily Data. Right now it is more like weekly data but (fingers crossed) it will become daily soon. Each day there will be a question for students to answer in the form of a graph. Our first question is below. We had a great discussion about what all this chart could tell us. I love the last sentence. "If you put 9 boys and 9 girls together, that is like 9+9=18." WOO HOO!!!<br />
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I am determine to write this blog and link up with Blog Hoppin'! Monday was my first day of school and by the time I got home from working our After School Care program (that is open until 6), I was way too tired to think. Tuesday I was up bright eyed and bushy tailed for a morning of playing bloggy catch up and my teacher computer iPhoto was out of date and I had to wait for the county to push out the update! Wednesday I get to school and because of the horrible thunderstorms and lightening our network was down and I could not get online and getting home close to 7:00 every night there was no way this blog would make any since! Then yesterday was our Kindergarten Parent Orientation and after getting Finally, I am linking up with Blog Hoppin' for their Teacher Week blog link up! I cannot wait to meet so many new bloggers and touch base with old friends!<br />
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Who (or as we say in Kindergarten - All About Me!)<br />
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My name is Melissa Spriggs, this is my 10th year teaching! I taught a year of Pre-K and 9 years of Kindergarten. This is also my 7th year as the site manager of our After School Childcare program.<br />
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I have been married for the past 3 years to the most wonderful husband EVER - Avery! He is so kind and understand of my crazy teacher brain. One of the latest examples of how amazing he is happened just the other week. I flew to Washington DC for a bachelorette party for one of my dearest friends. Only one week before school starts and I gave up a precious weekend - totally worth it but still I was freaking out. I flew in to Fort Walton, Fl (2 hours from home) at 10:00 Sunday night and spent the night in Pensacola at my BFF's house (1 hour away). Monday morning I got up around 4:00, went home to grab my school bag and came straight to work for our First Day Back meeting as teachers. Needless to say I was exhausted! Avery had placed my bag in the garage as not to disturb our three fur babies. To my surprise, he had cleaned out the ENTIRE garage - something that had been on my list all summer. When I got to school, he had sanded, painted and delivered 3 bookshelves to my room, and when I got home, the entire house was clean! So yeah, I have the best husband EVER!!!!</div>
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Avery and I celebrating our 3rd year anniversary first with dinner at our my FAVORITE restaurant - Felix's and then in New Orleans! It was his first time eating at Cafe du Monde and wasn't quite sure how to eat the beignet and not be covered in powdered sugar! (In case you were wondering... </div>
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I aslo have the cutest nieces in the world! </div>
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And I have the sweetest fur babies! Bear (15 yo Chihuahua) Lucy (12 yo Rat Terrier - we think) and Newman (7 yo Chihuahua).</div>
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My friends are my rock! I love them like sisters. In fact, Amanda and I (top right pic, on the right side with the precious baby) have been friends since we were 9 and are parents treat us like sisters!</div>
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My non teacher friends that love me and my crazy teacher brain!</div>
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My teacher friends that share my crazy teacher brain!</div>
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I love going to the beach! I love taking theses sweet girls even more!!</div>
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I love Darius Rucker!!! My sweet hubs got me tickets for my birthday last year!!!</div>
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I love frogs! I like these cute ones as well as real ones!</div>
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Welcome to my home away from home!<br />
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Our school wide theme is "DES is going Global". Each grade level picked a continent as its theme and Kindergarten is Africa. Myself and the other three teachers close to me decided to make a jungle mural!<br />
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Here is my wall with (what else) TREE FROGS!<br />
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View from my door. I have two bulletin boards that are empty and waiting for reading and writing anchor charts.<br />
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I have 5 tables, 4 to a table.<br />
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We use community supplies. This is my first year with the name plate/pencil holders and so far so good!<br />
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Student paper trays for organizing finish work and notes home. Their folders go here in the morning after I check them. In the afternoon the students put anything in their tray in the folder to take home.<br />
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Calendar and STEM wall. Along with empty boards to fill with anchor charts!<br />
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I love this book shelf. My AMAZING hubby and I sanded and painted it last year. This holds my CDs and working with words center.</div>
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My Mess!<br />
This is by far the messiest place in my room. I like to call it organized chaos!</div>
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Why I teach Kindergarten:<br />
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To be honest, I NEVER wanted to teach Kindergarten. I thought they were babies and I did not want to spend my time wiping noses and tying shoes. God put me here just for that reason and 10 years later I love it! I have learned a lot about patience and tolerance. I still don't wipe noses or tie shoes but I do actually enjoy teaching them how and seeing their confidence soar with each new skill they learn! I love seeing the progress they make during the year. I love when parents say, "How did you get them to do that?". I have learned that these "babies" can be as independent as you let them and teach them. They can learn to do absolutely ANYTHING I teach them. I love proving other educators, who have not experience Kindergarten, wrong they say "kindergarteners can't __"!!!!<br />
YES THEY CAN!<br />
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When I am teaching - My Scope and Sequence!</div>
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So i have seen some amazing and extremely cute scope and sequences and now I am obsessed with making mine cuter in the future but for now, this is my no frills <i>tentative</i> scope and sequence. Our system did not adopt a new reading series this year and is moving toward Project Based Learning. With that we are starting collaborative planning and will be unpacking and mapping the common core ELA standards. </div>
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This one was hard for me! It is also the reason I went into elementary education. I have a hard time picking just one. I love teaching reading, I love literature, I really love math (especially now that it is all hands on)! But if I had to pick just one, I would pick Science!!! Since becoming AMSTI (Alabama Math Science Technology Initiative) I have fallen in love all over again with science. It was my favorite subject in elementary school and it is my now my favorite to teach. With the science kits we get, everything is so hands on. In fact, next week we begin our weather kit and I cannot wait. Here are just a few pictures from last year of us being scientist!</div>
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I cannot believe that Monday my teacher friend and I will be teaching Kindergarten Jumpstart and then the next Monday all teachers report back to work. I am happy to be back in the blogosphere after taking a few weeks off from blogging with my nieces in town and my crazy busy schedule, I missed you guys! Here is my quick Five for Friday. Thank you to <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for hosting!</div>
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My nieces! Sure I have probably post more than anyone (other than me) cares to know about these two but I just can't help it! They came back into town last night for one more weekend before we all go back to school!</div>
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After four total weeks of training (2 weeks this summer, 2 weeks last) I am finally fully AMSTI trained in Math and Science. You will have to check back in during the year to see all the amazing hands on math and science lessons my kiddos will be doing this year!</div>
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My award for my Discovery Education blog came in the mail a few weeks ago!<br />
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A few days later I got my Silver Star for being a DEN STAR!<br />
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If you have not heard about DE, check out my previous posts <a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/search/label/Discovery%20Education" target="_blank">{here}</a>, check out the DE site, and stay tuned for a whole lot more posts this coming year! DE is probably the best tool I use in my classroom!</div>
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This week I spent two amazing days with wonderful teachers in Baldwin county learning lots and lots about using tech in the classroom. Check out my post from yesterday {<a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/2014/07/kindergarten-pond-getting-techie.html" target="_blank">here</a>} for more information!<br />
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I am having a TPT Sale August 4th-5th, all items in my store will be on sale! Click {<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Spriggs-Pond" target="_blank">here</a>} to visit my store to start your wish list and then see who else is having a sale!</div>
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Here is just a taste of what I learned from the past two days:<br />
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Kevin Honeycutt </h4>
Have you met this guy? If not, you are missing out. He is an amazing teacher with so much to share!!! Check out his <a href="http://kevinhoneycutt.org/" target="_blank">web page</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kevinessdack" target="_blank">YouTube channel.</a><br />
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My five major takeaways from him were:<br />
1. Relationships are important between student and teacher! Teacher empowerment comes from being trusted, how you feel when you are learning is how you remember the
learning – emotion cements learning and leads to launch moments!!!!<br />
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3. Be prescriptive! Make the tool fit the students.<br />
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<!--EndFragment-->4. Don't be secret geniuses!!!! Share! Social media is like a jar of lightening bugs, the more you have the more you can see!!!<br />
5. Find the teachers you want to be like then <strike>stalk </strike>follow them! Learn from each other!<br />
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Kindergarten Tech (using 1 to 1 iPads)</h4>
<u>Here are some fabulous apps I discovered:</u><br />
Brainstorm & Brainstorm Companion (to use whole group, students respond to a question or prompt and then "flick" their answer to the teacher's iPad which can be displayed on the board)<br />
Stage (allows you to use iPad as a document camera, it also have tools on the side to annotate and more)<br />
Eggy Words (sight words game)<br />
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<u>Using Popplet in K</u><br />
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Students take a picture of self and add pictures of all the other students and type in their names</div>
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Facts about a topic - written or pictures</div>
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Pre-writing - answer questions to prepare to write a narrative</div>
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<u>Using QR Codes in K</u><br />
Record reading, writing, and singing to send home.<br />
Teacher record leveled readers, add QR code to the book, students can follow along in the book as they listen to the story.<br />
Multiple uses during reading centers - memory, sight word review, sound matching, word writing - using the QR codes to check work.<br />
*Great sites:<br />
<a href="http://www.recordmp3.org/">www.recordmp3.org</a>, <a href="http://www.qrcode-monkey.com/">www.qrcode-monkey.com</a>, <a href="http://www.qrstuff.com/">www.qrstuff.com</a><br />
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<u>iMovie </u><br />
Let me begin by saying, Eric Lee from Technology in Motion (Jacksonville State) is amazing! He is so knowledgeable and patient. This is the second time I have attended a session of his and learned so much each time! (I attended his iMovie session last year and then updated my OS system and iMovie changed.) I plan to make a how to video and share with you very soon for my students and to post here!<br />
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<u>Google Drive</u><br />
I have used Google Drive in the past as a file sharing tool but oh my goodness, Drive is so much more!!! I may not use it to it's full potential with my students but it will definitely come in handy with our new collaborative planning!!!<br />
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And last but not least, I WON AN IPAD MINI FOR MY CLASS!!! I am so excited and so thankful!!! Thank you to all of the people that presented and organized this amazing conference!!!<br />
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**Speaking of Winning...Don't forget to sign up to win the Back to School Tech Giveaway From Mom Powered Media - See below for details!!! Ends August 15th!**<br />
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<li>Intel Celeron 2955U Dual-Core processor 1.40GHz</li>
<li>2GB DDR3 SDRAM system memory</li>
<li>16GB solid state drive</li>
<li>802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN</li>
<li>Intel HD GMA Graphics</li>
<li>Webcam</li>
<li>SD memory card reader</li>
<li>1 x USB 2.0 port, 1 x USB 3.0 port, 1 x HDMI port, 1 x Acer converter port</li>
<li>3-cell lithium polymer battery for up to 8.5 hours run time</li>
<li>2.76 lbs, 0.8" x 11.3" x 8"</li>
<li>Genuine Google Chrome OS Software</li>
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<li>Intel Celeron 2955U Dual-Core processor 1.40GHz</li>
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<li>16GB solid state drive</li>
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<li>3-cell lithium polymer battery for up to 8.5 hours run time</li>
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Special thank you to our supporting co-host bloggers: <a href="http://monicasrrr.blogspot.com/">Monica's Rants, Raves & Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.thejennyevolution.com/">The Jenny Evolution</a>, <a href="http://memoirsofacluelesswoman.com/">Memoirs of a Clueless Woman</a>, <a href="http://www.mydairyfreeglutenfreelife.com/">My Dairy-Free Gluten-Free Life</a>, <a href="http://www.mydaylights.net/">My Daylights</a>, <a href="http://barbarasbeat.blogspot.com/">Barbara's Beat</a>, <a href="http://www.savingyoudinero.com/">Saving You Dinero</a>, <a href="http://www.shapinguptobeamom.com/">Shaping Up To Be A Mom</a>, <a href="http://www.robynsview.com/">Robyn's View</a>, <a href="http://www.couponsandfreebiesmom.com/">Coupons and Freebies Mom</a>, <a href="http://ahensnest.com/">A Hen's Nest</a>, <a href="http://budgetsavvydiva.com/">Budget Savvy Diva</a>, <a href="http://www.mindlessmommy.com/">Mutterings Of A Mindless Mommy</a>, <a href="http://yoursassyself.com/">Your Sassy Self</a> and <a href="http://nestfullofnew.com/">Nest Full of New</a>.
Open your sleek, next-generation HP Pavilion 14-Q020NR 14" Chromebook PC to get online, fast. You can access your favorite websites and Google Chrome apps on the 14-inch diagonal HD display in seconds.
<strong>HP 14″ Chromebook PC features:</strong>
<br />
<ul>
<li>Intel Celeron 2955U Dual-Core processor 1.40GHz</li>
<li>2GB DDR3 SDRAM system memory</li>
<li>16GB solid state drive</li>
<li>802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN</li>
<li>Intel HD GMA Graphics</li>
<li>Webcam</li>
<li>SD memory card reader</li>
<li>1 x USB 2.0 port, 1 x USB 3.0 port, 1 x HDMI port, 1 x Acer converter port</li>
<li>3-cell lithium polymer battery for up to 8.5 hours run time</li>
<li>2.76 lbs, 0.8" x 11.3" x 8"</li>
<li>Genuine Google Chrome OS Software</li>
</ul>
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Oh my what a week I have had! *Warning* This post has nothing to do with teaching and everything to do with two of the most precious girls EVER!!!</div>
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Our Holiday weekend was a success! We spent the 4th with my best friend and some of her family. The girls now have another aunt! We also headed over to Dauphin Island to slide down a huge water slide and then to the splash pad in Spanish Fort! </div>
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After a long day of shopping and more splash pad fun, there was still plenty of energy for hoola hoops and jump ropes in the back yard!</div>
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Tuesday brought Pirates and Princess on the beach at The Hangout! </div>
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"We" made princess tutus! (AKA Aunt Melissa stayed up until almost midnight making tutus!) :)</div>
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Love these sisters! They dressed up like their favorite sister princesses, Ana and Elsa!</div>
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By the middle of the week it was time for some down time! After 12 hours of sleeping, we met up with friends to swim and then off to get hair cuts!<br />
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Two cute sassy cuts for two cute and sassy girls!<br />
A few months ago a certain red head decided to cut herself bangs and some front layers. They have now all been evened out. I cannot wait for the bangs to grow out. Too cute a face to hide behind think bangs!<br />
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Thursday we visited another splash pad. I don't know how I went all day and did not take any pictures. Then we spent the rainy afternoon dancing to my brain breaks! Today we are taking a break from sun and water. We are headed to school to get my classroom set up, just waiting for the AC to come on!! </div>
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Happy 4th of July everyone!!!! I am so excited because my nieces got here last night and we are about to have an amazing week. You will have to check back next Friday to hear all about!!!</div>
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These three babies have been hanging out with me on the sofa the past few weeks! I have been able to get out and about this week and they are not too happy that they have been home alone!</div>
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Just in case you missed it Wednesday, this is what I had waiting on my sweet girls when they got in last night!</div>
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My Sweet Girls!!!!!!! Headed out for 4th of July fun!!!</div>
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A few months ago I received a DENny award from Discovery Education (the <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">RJ Stangherlin Award – Best Individual DEN Blogger). Needless to say I was so happy with just being honored and having a new button to add to my sidebar!! Since then so much has been going on I really had not thought about it at all!</span></span></span></div>
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My very own Elsa and Ana!</div>
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With their new BFF Arial at the Pirate and Princess Breakfast at The Hangout in Gulf Shores.</div>
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A little beach time...going to turn them into Beach Babies yet!</div>
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My nieces are coming to visit!!! They will be here tomorrow night so I have spent all day planning activities and gathering treats! I may have gone a little overboard but hey, isn't that what aunts are for!!!<br />
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I am going to blog a little less so I can spend lots and lots of time with the prettiest, most wonderful girls in the world. Fair warning - I will probably be posting A LOT of pictures of those two amazing girls!!!!<br />
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Tasty Treat Tuesday with Mr. Greg @ Smedley's Smorgsboard of Kindergarten</h4>
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We all love tasty treats, right? Well I have a super easy and super yummy one for you!!!!<br />
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1 cup Coconut Milk (you can use any type of milk you like but I like the sweetness the coconut adds.)<br />
2 cups frozen fruit - any kind, any mix<br />
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Book Talk Tuesday with Deanna Jump @ Mrs. Jump's Class</h4>
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Now on to my FAVORITE topic, BOOKS!!!! have you been following along with Mrs. Jump's class? I just completed an Amazon order for all the fabulous books I have discovered thanks to all of all the fabulous teachers that have linked up!<br />
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Lets talk about the Spiders in my hair! I have been trying to narrow down which book to share with you and let me tell you, it is hard. Inspiration struck the other night when I was brushing out my hair. My hair had been in a messy bun on top of my head all and and was full of knots. Those painful stubborn buggers reminded me of my favorite local author, Sheila Booth-Alberstadt, and her lovable character, Maggie McNair!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> Sheila Booth-Alberstadt</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">'s first book, Maggie McNair refuses to brush her hair and so in move the spiders </span>and<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>hilarity<span style="font-family: inherit;"> ensues!! What is so great about the Maggie books is that they are written based on </span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sheila Booth-Alberstadt's own struggles with her little girl not wanting to brush her hair!</span><br />
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I am still reading my last Jinx Schwartz book but have also started re-reading PBL in the Elementary Grades. If you are interested in implementing project based learning in your class, this book is a must read. I have read it once while going through my county's Digital Leadership Academy but next year our school is starting collaborative planning and we will be teaching project based lessons. This is a big change for us!! (Prayers appreciated, we are a group of 9 strong and amazing teachers!)</div>
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Do you have a favorite local author? Are you reading a great book right now? Share in the comments and then head over to <a href="http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Jump's Class</a> to learn about more great books and share yours!<br />
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This is my first Tuesday linking up with <a href="http://www.theteachingtribune.com/" target="_blank">The Teaching Tribune </a>for Two for Tuesday. Today I am sharing two of my "FROG-tastic" Teachers Pay Teachers products for 50% off.<br />
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First up is my new "Where Are We" cards that I featured on yesterdays post {<a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/2014/06/monday-meet-up-monday-made-it-merry.html" target="_blank">here</a>}.<br />
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Next is my updated Frog themed Space Writing Unit. Writing graphic organizers and class rubric based on the book <u>The Common Core Writing Book, K-5</u>. (Five for Friday post {<a href="http://kindergartenpond.blogspot.com/search/label/space" target="_blank">here</a>} about our Space Unit.)<br />
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