A Day Our Way...

I am joining Amelia (coolest name ever) at Where the Wild Things Learn for her schedule linky party.




Our Soft Landing is consists of getting their gear in their cubbies, reading the Morning Message, and getting their morning work done. 

Morning Meeting is the highlight of my day.
I absolutely love it. There is no way that my classroom would run the way it does without Responsive Classroom. This week we are doing an Alliteration Name Game Greeting, our share is watching a video about Martin Luther King Jr. and our activity is "Catch My Clap". 
I switch it up each week, but we do the greeting and activity for the entire week.

We have time for three Daily 5 sections. I would love to have five times, but our schedule does not us allow it. This is when I meet with my Reading Groups.

Snack and Words Their Way
I love this program!

Writing Workshop
We follow Lucy Calkins. We have been using the updated version aligned with the CCSS for the past two years. I really like it.

Math
We use Investigations. We are on Unit 4 right now. The kids are loving it.

Right now our Social Studies and Science are sporadic. Whenever we only have one special I try to smash as much in as possible. 

That's a glimpse into our classroom day.

I hope you head on over and check out the other schedules. 

Have a wonderful day!

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Snow Day Fun

Last Friday we had a snow day. The actual temperature was -12* but felt like -33*. YIKES!
Today we have another snow day. 


On Friday, my kids and I did an experiment with boiling water. 
It is so cool!



We had so much fun doing it with boiling water…we HAD to try it with cold water.
Hmmmm…



I found this awesome website with some educational things to do on very cold days.

Click on the picture to check them out. 


What are you doing to keep yourself and your kiddos entertained?
Stay tuned for our next experiment. :)
Stay warm and have a wonderful day!


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Morning Announcements…HELP!!!




Our morning announcements are the typical announcements.
I want to help our school to feel welcome and energized in the morning.
What does your school do?
What are some of the things you do to motivate your teachers and students?

I have seen some things like "Guess the Teacher" where you give hints about a teacher in your building. The kids get to guess who it is. If we did this, I would like to include all staff persons. I feel like some people get lost in the hustle and bustle of the daily schedule.
Another one is having student do the announcements. I would love this. I think it would be a really great idea.

If you have some great morning announcement ideas, could you share them with me?
Thanks in advance.





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Currently….Late

Hello All!
Happy New Year!
I know I have been slacking on my teaching blog. I am figuring out the balance between my photography business and my teaching blog and products. I am finding that I can't do both well and have a happy, healthy relationship with my family. :) Anyone else feel like that. So, as my photography winds down over the winter, I will be able to keep up with my blog and products. I am currently (no pun intended) :) beefing up my older products. I am having so much fun looking back and seeing where I started from. 

Here is my first blog post of the year. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We were suppose to go back this past Thursday and Friday. We went to school on Thursday (we may have been the only school in New York open) and then had a snow day on Friday. These kiddos are going to be so messed up. This week, Monday is suppose to be freezing rain and Tuesday is back down to -30* with the windchill again. We shall see. :)


I am linking up again with one of my favorite Linkys with Farley. 
Love her!


I am ready for the holidays to be over…not ready for the break to be over, but that's inevitable. :)

I want to finish the 12 Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis. I am really enjoying this book. I just need to finish. 


One of my favorite memories of this past Christmas was when my daughter opened one of her presents. The look on her face was priceless. :)


Yep…two bags of Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips! Her favorite present!

Head on over to Farley's blog to link up! I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to!
Have a wonderful day!

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