Reading groups are in full swing in our class. And, like you, I don't want to be interrupted during a reading group unless there is an emergency. And I mean, an absolute emergency emergency. I give my kids all sorts of different scenarios so we can figure out what an actual emergency is before I ever pull my first group. Here are some of the scenarios I go over with my class in my Is This ... Read More about I Saw the Light
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Hodge Podge
Happy Saturday! It was thundering here earlier but no rain yet. I would LOVE some rain right about now. Yesterday was our Patriotic Assembly. Lots of parents, police officers, firefighters, and women and men of the military. We sang, listened to poems recited by upper graders, had a moment of silence, and sang some more. I really wish I could tell you that it was ... Read More about Hodge Podge
Five for Fraturday
Well, good morning to you. I'm a little groggy. Just a tad. I fell asleep on the couch last night before ten and then I accidentally woke up at 9:30am today. Oops. So much for the early bird catches the worm and all that. I haven't caught anything except a cup of coffee and quite possibly a cold that I am pretending I do not have along with a nasty sore throat that ... Read More about Five for Fraturday
Secrets
At the end of the day today, I told one of my kids a secret. In front of the other kids. I leaned down (another reason I teach first grade - I am slightly taller than them), whispered into his ear, and then sent him off to wherever he goes after school (dismissal is absolutely crazy at my school with multiple gates, bus riders, Kid's Club, and different after school activities like Art and ... Read More about Secrets
A Little Late
So I shoulda, coulda, woulda . . . but I didn't. Nope. I didn't. Instead of blogging YESTERDAY about Election Day and what I wanted to do with my class . . . I went to my mom's for dinner. We spent part of the evening talking about the fact that she uses a tablecloth when I come over because I'm so fancy (if you didn't know) and the other part was spent on the Sydney story which made ... Read More about A Little Late
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