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February 7, 2016 by: Jennifer

Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie

Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie:  Play is so important in the early childhood classroom.  Play isn’t just play, it’s the way kids learn best! My friend Vickie at Primary Press has a great post {HERE} about how she uses exploration boxes as an alternative to morning work.  I decided to give them a try but not necessarily for morning work.   I

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Filed Under: Freebies, Math, Morning Work, Uncategorized Tagged With: freebie, Math, play

April 27, 2014 by: Jennifer

Turtle Close Read FREEBIE and School’s Out! Survival Pack

I have a couple of fun things to share today, one being the turtle close read that I just finished using with my students last week, in amongst robots, our field trip, and all the other things we pack into a typical week.  My kids are fascinated by turtles and had a great time learning more about them. This free pack has everything you need

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Filed Under: Close Read, End of Year, Freebies, Morning Work, Science, Uncategorized

July 19, 2012 by: Jennifer

Busy, Busy!

SO I have been taking advantage of my summer to revise and edit a few of my older packs.  First up was my Pattern Block Sight Word Pack.  I didn’t make a lot of changes, but I revised the cover page big time to make it a little prettier! The other two packs I revised are my Question of the Day packs.  I added page

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Filed Under: Literacy Stations, Morning Work, Uncategorized

September 3, 2011 by: Jennifer

Soo excited because of Teacher’s Notebook!!

Why, you ask?  Because I am their featured seller this week…that’s why!! I am so honored and thrilled…I ‘love me some’ Teacher’s Notebook!  It is such a fabulous avenue for teachers to buy and sell products! I have listed some new things…the one I am most excited about is my Reader’s Theater using familiar text.  I adapted a few kid favorites and some classic nursery

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Filed Under: Morning Work, Uncategorized, Writing Station

August 7, 2011 by: Jennifer

Ok…It is here!

Question of the Day Pack!! Many followers of my blog were very interested in the Data Board I created.   I use ‘Question of the Day’ as a warm up activity included as part of my morning work time.   Kids come into the class and after their regular routines, they read the Question (either independently or with a partner), which is in a standing binder

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Filed Under: Morning Work, Question of the Day, Uncategorized

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