Inferencing with Garbage?

Our story this week focuses on inferencing.  I saved this activity from Miss Britnee that I picked up during the Superbowl sale, and it was the perfect moment this morning to pull it out.  It was a great mini lesson.  For this activity I told the kids that I don't know my neighbors very well, so I decided to go through their garbage.  They looked at me disgusted, so I fessed up that I was just joking.  I said that we...

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Math Puzzles with Index Cards

It really is the easy things in life that work the best.Today we tackled day 2 of relating fractions with decimals.  I had pulled out my prepped decimal/fraction games, but then I decided that I would wait on them and have my students make their own.  You should probably know that yesterday we began decimals... and my students looked at me like I was an alien.  Going into today I knew that it wasn't going to be a hard lesson, but there...

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Shopping Time!

The other day this coupon button popped up on Facebook and I eagerly clicked the button.  I didn't know TBA had clothes!!  I'm all for dressing up at work... or is it dressing down?  Here's what's in my cart.  There are different colors and options to choose from as well.    I figure since some of these shirts are a one day a year type of thing, I can plan on wearing them for the next 10 years of teaching....

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Spring Task Card Templates - Time to Review!

As we are preparing for the BIG TEST, I have my students review the different material by creating their own games. It helps them to internalize the concepts and keeps them having fun during a stressful time. Included in this product are 7 different task card templates with spring clip art, 1 blank task card template, and 1 answer sheet grid. Spring clip art includes the clip art on the picture/cover of this product.How I use task cards in my...

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Desire to Inspire

I know I'm coming in last minute on this linky as well - but I wanted to give some shout outs to blogs out there that you may not know about... or maybe you do know about them because they are awesome!Today I'm linking up with Brittany from Lovely Literacy & More.  The idea behind this linky is to shout out 3 non-teaching blogs that you rely on, and 3 teaching blogs that are a go to for inspiration.  I love my sister, but I can't imagine...

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Guess My Sale is Still Going....

Yesterday I had a 20% off sale going on in my TPT store.  It was supposed to end last night.  Everything that I have control of says that it ended last night... but in my store it's still 20% off.  SO... the moral of this story is that the prices are still low right now in case you wanted to stock up.  :)  Here's the link to the store.Here's the link from yesterday with all the things I've added since my last sale.Who knows...

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Hall Pass and Giveaway News!

So excited to join Reagan from Turnstall's Teaching Tidbits with her great linky party!ProductJust like Reagan mentioned - my favorite product is also whatever I'm working on at the moment. Everything I have created I have made and used with my own kiddos.  It's rewarding seeing the materials in action in the classroom.  So, my newest product is this.  The second set of Froggie Fraction Task Cards.  The first set includes...

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20% off TODAY ONLY!!

Just a quick little post that everything in my TPT store is 20% off for the rest of today.Here are some of the things I've added since my last sale in case you want to stock up.  :)The images all linked directly to my store.  I hope this helps someone out there. ...

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Five for Friday (on Saturday)

Again - another day after the fact kind of thing.  I really try, just I'm so exhausted on Friday afternoon/evening to try to get this together... though I totally know I could plan ahead to link up!  I'm sure you already recognize Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs Teaching.5 random things about this past week...1.  This past week I got into Downton Abbey.  My friends convinced me that I needed to start at the beginning... I said...

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