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If you are a classroom teacher, please check out DonorsChoose.org to get free materials for your class! So far I have gotten three projects funded with over $1000 of materials for my class (including 6 laptops!) Here are current stats from their website: Go to their about page to find…
Hope you’ve had a great summer. I am gearing up to start Aug. 14. We have enjoyed some much needed relaxation on the beautiful Central Coast of California. Here are some fun photos I took, including baby sea otters!!! I hope you are enjoying your summer!!
We are still on the Angry Bird roll in my class… all thanks to Mrs. B, one of the speech tutors!!! You can see our growing flock in the photo! Today we were planning to make the little bird, but then Mrs. B popped into my room with another surprise!…
Recently I posted some pics and directions to make the red Angry Bird, see the blog post here. Well, yesterday we made black and yellow angry birds! They are so cute!!! Kids got to again practice color, size, and shapes again while making them! Stay tuned, because tomorrow we are going…
Today’s post isn’t about teaching, just some fun photos of our garden in bloom. We have also been enjoying the birds out our kitchen window! First photo is before the roses bloomed, the second photos is during the first bloom (same lamp is shown, but from different angle). Above is…
My awesome speech therapist did this craft with my class this week!! And her assistant created and cut out all the pieces for us!!! Am I the luckiest or what?!! I love Mrs. Dominguez and Mrs. Buchinoff! (Whoa, probably too many exclamation points in this paragraph, but hey, there’s only…
I thought it would be fun to do an activity each day using Countdown Sticks until the last day of school. It will help the class count down the days. We had already started counting down the days since Day 20 on the whiteboard. Just take some popsicle sticks and…
Hi there!! Is everyone ready for standardized testing? Our school will be testing for the next two weeks. However, I got a week-long head start since I have to give the normal test with accommodations plus two modified versions to my kiddos with special needs. I have a FREEBIE posted…
I love how the butterflies add color and seem ready to flutter right off the wall! This project comes straight from my own kindergarten experience and is pretty simple to do. All you need is 3-4 pre-cut butterfly templates, colored large construction paper, tempura paints and brushes, and pipe cleaners….
Right before Spring break I had been introducing WBT classroom rules in my class. Using WBT (see end of my post for more info) techniques, you add gestures to everything you teach in order to help kids remember, and it makes it more fun, too. Later in the week my…
