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Well, friends. I jinxed myself. I spoke too soon when I bragged on how many times I posted last week and then this week totaled to a big fat 0. Oh goodness!  Here's some updated pics of my classroom makeover. I had ...
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I was able to get back in my classroom yesterday and am I just thrilled. I LOVE setting up my classroom each summer. If the job of classroom decorator existed, I would be in heaven. Since we have to move everything out of our ...
Read More about Classroom Makeover 2014 & The Bachelorette

When I moved to fifth grade this past year, I decided I wanted to move away from the reading series a little bit and do more novel studies. This worked out wonderfully in my classroom, but I did have a problem in the beginning: ...
Read More about Purchasing Multiple Copies of the Same Book

I know. It's the middle of June and most of y'all are either out of school by now or finishing up. The last thing on your mind is probably school right now, but I was going through pictures on my computer and I realized I had ...
Read More about Literature Circles

I bought a sewing machine four years after convincing myself that I was destined to become the next winner of Project Runaway. That dream fizzled when the needle hit a pin and  broke and I couldn't figure out how to ...
Read More about New Pillows

Hi friends! I'm starting a new series on this blog called "This Week's Favorite Pins". In this series, which will be posted every Sunday, I'll highlight some of my favorite educational pins of the week. Since this is Life in ...
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