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Road Trippin’ Without Falling Down

About a month ago, our family got a new car, but before you get jealous or upset let me paint the full picture for you. It’s not a pretty picture.

 I had been driving my minivan for 9 years.  I believe that my husband wooed me into this minivan during my prime in order to take away any allure or sex appeal I might project while out and around town. Seriously, I firmly believe this y’all.

 In the past, I had made statements such as, “One thing I will NEVER drive is a minivan”.  Hubs was very aware of my thoughts in this area, so he waited until I had delivered my two children and was in a vulnerable, hormonal state, to entice me with intoxicating pictures of a 500 drink holding, DVD playing, leather-lined rolling utopia so intoxicating that I completely missed his muffled mention of minivan.  I decided this was my dream car and we headed for the dealership.  Did I mention it was brand new?  Oh yeah… another dream fulfilled.  Unfortunately the dream was a nightmare!

Over the next 9 years, I went from loyal weekend detailing and sponge bathing my luxurious baby carrier to a disgusted, resentful rank and file soccer mom driving a grocery-getter and glaring at anyone wearing lipstick and driving anything smaller than my eighteen-wheeler.  Somehow that van became responsible for my weight gain, my new 9:00 bedtime, my loss of memory and muscle tone, the bags under my eyes and other such delights that happen after the age of 35.  I had become an empty shell, rolling through life in the food-encrusted cabin of the giant life stealing mini-vehicle.

So 9 years later, in May, my husband surprised me with a new car. (not new new we learned our lesson the hard way on that)

We are in love.  My kids are now 11&12 so they, also,  are ridiculously happy about the car.  Being picked up in this car at school is just a tad more appealing than in the aging beast that dropped french fries and straw papers when the door opened in the car pick-up line at school.  Other items would have fallen as well, but they were permanently adhered to the carpeting.   (shudder)

The kids insisted that a summer road trip was in order with the new car, and I was in full agreement!
A quick phone call, a brief wait, screeching tires and Nana was on board!

We decided to drive to South Padre Island from San Antonio. Five hours of luxurious, individually temperature controlled and lumbar supported heaven!  To begin the process, we all piled our luggage, trip food and beach paraphernalia onto the dining table.  My mom and I quickly realized that we would have to lose the 15 outfits and 72 beach towels in order to fit in the car… the prioritizing began…no food was harmed in the process. Beach chairs were cut.  We could stand and eat.

Adding to the packing dilemma was my children’s travel expectations of being reclined across fluffy flowing comforters.  They wanted to each have a seat with an expanse that rivaled the average jet runway. You must understand, when all the seats are up in my new MDX the very back luggage area that remains is approximately 6 inches in width.  We’re talking toaster oven.

As we began packing, it was quickly evident that we would be stuffing luggage, towels and beach toys in and around all the seats throughout the cabin of the car.  And I say cabin with a smirk because with the seats up, it is more like packing a bin than a cabin.

We managed to get the car packed and set for the trip. The kids were so excited to hit the road, they begged to be awakened at the crack of dawn.

At 5:00 am my mom and I filled our giant coffee thermoses and woke the the kids.  They were all a twitter with excitement and eagerly got into their car beds.  It may have been the coffee, but I was pretty excited myself.  I spent many a Summer day at South Padre Island growing up and hadn’t been there for at least 5 years.

We shoved and stuffed and as we put ourselves in the car, my daughter who was wedged into her space, could not fasten her seatbelt  I went into the back to help her accomplish the task.  What resulted could have been a production in Cirque de Soleil.  We finally reached the goal when I told her to do a backbend while I snapped the buckle.

As we made it onto the road, my son’s small voice came from the back of the car saying,”I’m not getting any air, and it’s not because there’s a shovel and rake on my head.” Then, before we had even left San Antonio, my son sent out another muffled call, “Mom, I can’t feel my feet with this bag crushing my ankles”

Nana was quick to reply, “You think that’s bad, my toes are stuck under the cooler which is leaking and I have frostbite from the ice water soaking into my shoes.”

When my daughter didn’t chime in, we had to check and see if she had snapped her spine and lost the ability to speak…

Siri (my nemesis) even chimed in from the GPS with, “Take the next exit and continue to follow the road for …the rest of your life….”  and it seemed that we did… but then the palm trees began…

 and before we knew it, we were on the South Padre Island causeway. Once we crossed the causeway and made it to the island the only other adventure was finding the condo that we had rented.

As a final jab, Siri told me that my destination was immediately on the right….But when I looked to my right…this is what we saw.

 A silence fell over the vehicle as we all took in the sights of the condo that Siri was telling us was ours.  With a cracked small voice my mom was trying to see the bright side of things and then I realized the broken condo house number did not match the one on my reservation and I peeled out of there as I gave Siri a piece of my mind… so did Nana… and her voice wasn’t small or cracked.

 We arrived at the correct condo and I can thankfully say that it is wonderful!  Clean, safe, gorgeous!  We are so thrilled!

It didn’t take a long time OR Siri for us to get ourselves on that beach!

SOOOOO Worth it….!!!!

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    Comments

    1. Miss Cosby says

      June 19, 2013 at 2:47 am

      Good story with a good ending!

      Brenda

      You Might Be a First Grader…

      Reply
    2. D. Frideley says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:06 am

      I have a Toyota Rav4 and it's smaller than your Acura…we took it to Florida – it worked. Pretty new car!!!

      Jealous you're at the beach! I'm heading to the waterpark tomorrow…pretty close huh? nah, not really.

      Deniece

      Reply
    3. luvzenkms2(Leea) says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:24 am

      Siri the bane of my existence…the whole reason I upgraded from my perfectly good 3g to 5 ….only to tell us IKEA was in Rio (instead a block away) now we purposely ask her questions to hear her mess it up….(btw I am suing Samuel Jackson for false advertisement)download Google maps it works awesome! Glad you got there…now let's go to Vegas 🙂

      Reply
    4. April Kreitzer Wolfe says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:33 am

      Cool Car!!

      April
      Wolfelicious

      Reply
    5. Aimee says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:40 am

      This is one of the funniest stories ever!! Very well written. Siri has done something similar to me. I was trying to find a gym one evening and she took me to an empty field. Really? Oh, and I love your new car!!

      Aimee
      Primarily Speaking

      Reply
    6. Kelly says

      June 19, 2013 at 3:43 am

      I'm so glad to see that your children both recovered from the cramped drive and were able to enjoy themselves on the beach! lol Hope you had a great time! I don't have a Siri, but using the GPS on my phone while down in the Dallas/Fort Worth area was like being in the Twilight Zone. After going in a big circle for the 3rd time, I finally broke down and called my sister for help.
      Kelly
      I'm Not Your Grandpa, I'm Your Teacher

      Reply
    7. Mary Lirette says

      June 19, 2013 at 5:00 am

      Hilarious! Enjoy yourself! 🙂

      Mary
      Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives

      Reply
    8. Tarita says

      June 19, 2013 at 5:19 am

      Great blog entry! Thanks for sharing!
      Tarita
      Papers, Pencils and Books, Oh My!

      Reply
    9. Pat's Paper Passion says

      June 19, 2013 at 11:49 am

      What a connection I'm making to your minivan story…we had a full size van when my children were smaller (so no one would touch while traveling). I was SOOOO glad to get rid of it…I decided then that I could never to a bus driver-not that I wanted to.

      Have a great time at the beach…The last time I was on Padre Island was 35 years ago and there wasn't much development. LOOKS wonderful.

      Pat

      Reply
    10. Kreative in Kinder says

      June 19, 2013 at 6:44 pm

      You are so funny! Yay for the new car!! I want to put you in my suitcase for Vegas. Seriously!!!
      Crystal

      Reply
      • luvzenkms2(Leea) says

        June 20, 2013 at 6:24 am

        Crystal I've been trying to get her to go to Vegas for months now….I say we start a campaign ….LOL!

        Reply
    11. Lovely Nina says

      June 19, 2013 at 7:45 pm

      Great story telling-so glad you guys made it and enjoyed your day at the beach!!
      -Lovely Nina

      Reply
    12. Jen Sykes says

      June 19, 2013 at 8:03 pm

      Fabulous story!

      ~Jen
      Hello Mrs Sykes

      Reply
    13. Mrs. Davies says

      June 19, 2013 at 9:05 pm

      You could have written that story for me…only I'm still driving my Honda Odyssey…and cussing about it everyday. 😉

      Hoping once our girls get a little older (they are 10, 8, and 3) that I can go back to an SUV…I miss it!

      ~Wendy

      Reply
    14. Mrs. O's says

      June 22, 2013 at 11:47 pm

      Great story! And like so many of us, so true, word for word!! Our family just came back recently from our trip to South Padre, loved every minute. I have a 7,6, and 3 year old, and this time they'll remember their trip there. We took them when they were a bit younger and they don't remember much. We had a blast!! And we went in my lovely Toyota Sienna!!! Plenty of room, but my husband was dying not being able to drive around his "awesome" Jeep Wrangler. I had to rub it in every time we saw a "cool" Jeep. Kids didn't help, by shouting, "Look, Daddy, like yours!" LOL Thanks for sharing, Amy

      Reply
    15. Anonymous says

      June 28, 2013 at 11:40 am

      OMG! You are so funny! I remember those days when my girls were little…but now I'M the NANA!!! My oldest daughter and her hubby have to pack it all in for their 2 1/2 year old so we just have ourselves and our 25 year old…and since my grandson came along we've stopped taking the dog- which used to be a show!!! We are heading out next weekend!! Glad you had great trip!! Love your blog!!

      Reply

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        • Effectively Teaching with iPads
        • Teacher Gift Tag
      • ► May
        • Making Writing Portfolios
        • Birthday Sale!
        • Free Candy Awards
        • Mother's Day and Gifts for Helpers
        • Teacher Appreciation Week!
        • What's Your Behavior Number? Freebie
        • Science Writing and Technology
      • ► April
        • Word Wall Centers For Any Word Wall!
        • May Math Journal
        • We've Got their Whole World In Our Hands
        • Camp Number Sense!
        • Keeping the Joy in Teaching
        • All in a Day's Work...
      • ► March
        • Neon Bloggers Take San Antonio!
        • The Big Phonics Bundle! {Purposeful Word Work}
        • My Coin Crew!
        • Spring Break Vacation and New Products Posted
        • Spring Forward with Motivation!
        • Spelling Ideas!
      • ► February
        • Workshop Talk!
        • All About Guided Math
        • Making Sight Words STICK!
        • All About Math Journaling
        • A Box of TREAT!
        • Mastering Measurement!
        • February Journal and My Throne of Lies...
      • ► January
        • Take off One Shoe...For Fractions!
        • Oh For The Love of Math!
        • Guided Reading and Guided Math Essentials
        • First Grade Texas Conference RECAP!
        • CENTER of Attention!
        • A Little Motivation Never Hurts...
    • ► 2013
      • ► December
        • Happy New Year 2014!
        • Winter Math Goodies!
        • Five for Friday
        • Parent Gifts and a Little Math Journal
        • Two Literacy Lifesavers!
        • Iced In at a National Conference in Dallas
        • Cyber Monday & Tuesday
      • ► November
        • Guided Reading Goods!
        • Prepping for December
        • December Math Journal
        • Nerdy Birdy! Turkey FACTS
        • Activities Like... {with a freebie too}
        • Scattered Recap...
        • Purposeful Word Work -- Blends!
        • Guided Math in First Grade
      • ► October
        • Trick or Read! Door Decorating, Freebies, and More!
        • Place Value Ideas and Rise and Shine Update!
        • The Time and Prep Factor
        • Critical Writing & Art with Columbus
        • Sounding Off....freebies and EMO.
        • Plenty Of Pumpkins and Other Fall Fun!
        • No Mayhem Monday!
      • ► September
        • This Week's Math: Resources and Freebies!
        • Five For Friday!
        • Guided Math Freebie and Sight Word Tracking
        • Making Ten Freebies and Our Self Portrait Gallery
        • Shaky Shaky Drop---Ten Frames
        • Highlights of our Learning Launch!
        • Math: How Do We Fit it All In?
        • Classroom Systems That Work!
        • O"FISH"ally in School....and a little bit of life...
      • ► August
        • Day 2 Breaking News...
        • Ready or Not...Meet the Teacher!
        • Back To School--It's NO JOKING MATTER!
        • Data and Learning Portfolio For Young Learners
        • Classroom Tour 2013-2014
        • Teacher Week! Let's Talk about Me!
        • Classroom Organization in Pictures
        • Must Haves for My New School Year
      • ► July
        • FUNdamentals and Friendships
        • Class Pet Writing Journal
        • Organization and Reteach!
        • Guided Reading-Transitional Readers Cheat Sheet!
        • How to Implement the Rise and Shine Binder {and a freebie}
        • Rise and Shine Binder
        • School Beginnings Update
        • Oh Good Graph!
      • ► June
        • A Teacher's Math Resource Units 1-6 Complete!
        • Meet Ups & Updates
        • A Teacher's Math Resource!
        • Big News!
        • Road Trippin' Without Falling Down
        • Chalky Classroom Garden Decor
        • A New Adventure in Professional Development!
        • Adding Tape Math
        • The Last Day...
      • ► May
        • Mark and Sally Learn To Tally!
        • The Last Week Of School Survival
        • Sliding Out of Town and Into a New Decade
        • Win a CUTE T-Shirt!!!
        • Five for Friday!
        • Classroom Details! {the nitty gritty}
        • Mother's Day
        • Math Center Ideas and a Sale
        • I Have News!
        • Five for Friday! Holla!!!
      • ► April
        • It's Official. I am a hoarder. Oh, and a Farm Freebie.
        • Book Reviews and SSSSSScenters
        • Fighting Bone Cancer
        • Hap Palmer CD Winner!
        • Math and Technology
        • Snake Safari!
        • Blog Stalker Bffs and Fraction Freebies
        • Catching up. A Freebie. Some Video.
        • Fly on the Wall Linky
        • Symmetrical Salad, 2-D Desserts, and My Fight with Siri
        • Math is a Picnic...in the Classroom!
        • Feelings and Rocks
        • Literacy Picnic In the Classroom!
      • ► March
        • Spring Daily Math and Language
        • Five For Friday
        • How Do You Spell......?????
        • Crunchin' Numbers! {Freebie}
        • My Year In Bulletin Boards! {Teacher Eye Candy}
        • St. Patrick's Day Sale!
        • My Spring Fling with Captain Obvious!
        • Riveting Reading Instruction
        • Five for Friday
        • Psst! Hey You!! Want a Freebie?
        • Unicorns...What Else?
        • Testing My Limits and Linky Visual Plans
      • ► February
        • Full Speed Ahead!
        • Looking Back and Heading Forward
        • Hall Pass Linky!
        • President's Day Visual Plans, Freebies, & Finds!
        • Sunday Funday!
        • Five For Friday!
        • All You Need Is LOVE!!!
        • Valentine's Day Week!
        • *Not Teaching Related! Boo-RAH!!!
        • February Math Centers!
        • Techy Teacher Tuesday! Free App and Literacy Activity!
        • Prepping Penguins!
        • Visual Plans and I Dyed My Hair!
      • ► January
        • Swimming With Sharks...and a little Claustrophobia!
        • Visual Plans and 100th Day Freebie
        • Sight Words and Thinking Maps!
        • Balance-Updates-and Lesson Plans
        • Dr. MLK Jr. Day!
        • Puppy Love Literacy!
        • Pinterest killed my Mojo
        • Visual Plans and Highlights
        • Home Office Makeover Reveal
        • Mega-Mode in January!
        • Visual Plans And New Year's Freebie
        • Classroom Pictures-Ready for January!
        • Mailbox Station
    • ► 2012
      • ► December
        • Look Away- I'm Hideous!
        • Jam Packed January and an Office Make-Over!
        • Texas Blogger Meet Up!
        • Sound Science
        • Parent Gift Factory...
        • Visual Plans For a Busy Week
        • Silence for Sandy Hook
        • Just 24 Hours Ago...
        • Making Reindeer Food Meet the Standards!
        • I met Kim Adsit!!!
        • Plans, Crafts, Parent Gifts, and Let's Meet!
        • Tech the Halls!
        • Monday Made It Freebies!
        • Visual Lesson Plans For Gingerbread Week
        • It's Gingerbread Week!
      • ► November
        • Techy Santa!
        • Visual Plans and Estimate to Win Today!
        • Run Turkey Run!
        • Attack Attack! Calling for Reinforcements!
        • Let's Get Real Personal Post.
        • Products and My Daily Schedule
        • Visual Plans...and life!
        • Veterans Day Unit UPDATE!
        • We've all Gone MAD!
      • ► October
        • Spooky Fact Families Freebie
        • Pumpkins and Common Core... What More?
        • Pumpkin Week & Visual Plans
        • Wrapping Up the Week
        • Our Bat Book Study
        • Top Ten Blogging Side Effects...
        • Bats, Stellaluna, and Visual Plans!
        • Spider Art and Writing
        • Don't Call the Exterminator!
        • Keeping Writer's Workshop Alive!
        • Spider Week and Visual Plans
        • Freebies and Pumpkin Estimation Winner
      • ► September
        • Week 6 Plans and Writing Lesson
        • What's Working?
        • How I Run my Math Block
        • October Math Centers
        • Teaching Writing Ideas and Plans
        • Fall Sale and a Funny!
        • Word Work, Apples, and Caterpillars...
        • Visual Lesson Plans with Links!
        • Skip Counting Freebie and My Week in Pictures
        • Whatever Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning...
        • Pests or Pals?
        • Top Ten, Freebies, and Plans
      • ► August
        • First Week's Fun
        • Surviving the First Day!
        • Reading Lesson Anchor Charts
        • Where I Teach Wednesday
        • Are You Ready to Expo?
        • My Visual Lesson Plans!!
        • Mouse Pad Makeover
        • Sneak a Peek at My Purchases
        • Odds and Ends
        • Anchor Charts For You
        • On Your Mark,Get Set,GO!
        • Special Delivery!
        • New Awards For Students
        • Classroom Tour 2012-2013
        • Titles, Questions, and Tutorials
        • Classroom Progress 2012
      • ► July
        • Heading in to School Today!
        • Feelin' Texan
        • Fall Art and Writing Projects
        • Tell Me More!
        • Pixy Stick Birthday Makeover
        • 10 Lessons for Teaching Reading
        • Pinterest Inspired Crafts
        • Back To School Prep!
        • Teach Like A Theme Park?
        • Surprise Vacation!
        • Old School New School
        • Back To School 10 Math Centers {&Freebie}
        • Nerd Alert!
        • Currently Burn Ban!
        • Motivating Students with Props from the Dollar Store!
      • ► June
        • WHAT DID SHE SAY?!
        • Check Check...Is This Thing On?
        • Dancing and Math
        • I Messed Up!
        • Summer Laziness????
        • A Year Of Daily Math!
        • Best Summer Ever!
        • Flipping Out for Freebies!
        • Daily Math Requests
        • Texas Sized FUN at the blog meet!
        • Currently Redecorating!
      • ► May
        • Our Last Day in Pictures
        • End of Year Freebies
        • Surviving One More Week-IDEAS!
        • Crafts, Chefs, and Spaghetti!
        • Oh Momma--It's Coming!
        • Read to Puppy!
        • Currently Moooo-ing!
        • Don't Judge and Freebie!
      • ► April
        • Academic Awards for Elementary Students
        • Farm Fun and Freebie
        • Candy Awards
        • Oh Momma!
        • Are My Kids Still Chasing Me?
        • Bulletin Boards & BFFs
        • Dear Teacher Diary...
        • Four Friday Freebies!
        • Skyping Good Time!
        • We Ate a Frog Today!
        • Snack Sized Learning and a Letter Writing Freebie!
        • Today Rocked!!!
        • Spring Daily Language Review and A Couple Pictures
        • The Bunny
        • Math Math Math!
        • Shhhh Don't Tell My Diet.
        • Spring Daily Math
      • ► March
        • This Week's Pictures
        • Lunch Linky and The Daily Five Update
        • Science Freebies
        • Dumpsville- Population Zero!
        • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
        • First Grade Fashions and Academics Too!
        • The Real Rocks of Limestone County
        • Gone Buggy Unit for Free
        • Planning With Ryan
        • Bloggers GONE WILD--Spring Break Meet Up!
        • Morning Work Freebie and a Linky Party!
        • Elmer and A Sale!
        • Teaching Writing and Life Lessons
        • I Think I Can! I Think I Can!
        • Reference Wall Freebies
        • No More Word Verification!
        • Lenny the Leprechaun
        • We Looked for A Leprechaun!
      • ► February
        • Write on the Money?
        • Feels Like a Monday!---and a freebie!
        • Giant TPT LINKY PARTY!
        • Looking For A Leprechaun
        • Today I Celebrate Being in Remission!!!
        • Feeling Super Presidential!
        • I think I am global.
        • Do You Feel Lucky?
        • Rowing my Boat. Keeping Afloat.
        • Happy Valentine's Day! Freebie
        • March Math Centers!
        • Shock and Awe
        • Penguins and Polka Dots
        • Giraffes in Antarctica!
        • Currently Contemplating...
        • My February Lesson Plans and Winners!
        • I hope this is Freeze Tag.
        • Build A Graph Freebie and Celebrating The Non-Fiction Superbowl!
      • ► January
        • Grab a snack it's a long post!
        • Daily Language Work
        • Goats, Trolls, and a FREEBIE!
        • Do You Speak Blog?
        • Mid-Week Pick Me Up
        • Dream Squashing In Full Effect!
        • This Little Piggy
        • San Antonio Texas Blogger Meet Up!
        • Daily Warm Ups for Math and Language!
        • Math Centers!
        • I'm Baaaaack...{from the salon}
        • Catching Up!
        • Currently, MLK, and Other Assorted Topics (HAIR)
        • Writing and Centers
        • My Friday Fix!!
        • What to Do with Ten Extra Minutes...and more
        • Geometric Quilting Update
        • Highlights of the Last 2 Days!
        • 2012 Morning Work Freebie and Another Top Ten!
    • ► 2011
      • ► December
        • New Year's Sale!
        • Build a Pizza Math Center!
        • Monster Game Freebies!
        • Coziness, Confessions, and Lesson Plans!
        • 11 in 11 Linky FUN
        • I promise I know how to count...really...Free Reading Logs Updated
        • Bulletin Boards for Winter!
        • Merry Christmas!
        • Holiday Identity Crisis.
        • How Do Penguins Drink Their Soda?
        • The Emperor's Egg
        • My Pastor Ate Baby Jesus
        • Currently... Laughing
        • Top Ten Reasons I know Christmas is Near...
        • Sock Snowman Gift and Merry Christmas Splat the Cat!
        • All Aboard The Polar Express
        • Arrrrg!
        • Freebie, Giveaway, and a Recipe!
        • Cookies and Pepcid for Dinner
        • No More Reindeer Games!
      • ► November
        • Dream Squasher
        • In Charge of Chocolate and Cuteness
        • Black Friday through Cyber Monday Sale!
        • Rudolph the Chip-Nosed Reindeer & a Freebie
        • Christmas Art Projects!
        • Thankfully Giving!
        • Writer's Workshop Pet Edition
        • Not a DULL moment!
        • Daily Calendar Freebie and a mess of other ideas
        • Veteran's Day is Next Week!
      • ► October
        • November Unit Update!
        • 7 Things you'll wish you could forget
        • Bats, Phonics, and My Friday Fix!
        • Pumpkin Glyph Bulletin Board Freebie
        • Math Quilts
        • Halloween Dress Up Linky!!
        • Harry the Dirty Dog
        • Stellaluna Book Study!
        • Jack O Faces FREEBIE
        • Framed!!
        • Read on Little Dudes....Read on...
      • ► September
        • Oh Good Graph!
        • I Have Officially Spread Myself Too Thin
        • Fun with Fiction
        • Indoor Recess? Problem SOLVED!!
        • Totally Bugged.
        • You are the Wind Beneath My Wings...
        • Math Tubs
        • Writer's Workshop
      • ► August
        • Number Bracelets!
        • Breakfast in my Classroom {horrors}
        • Meet The Teacher Night
        • Things I have been working on...
        • Gone Buggy!
        • Top Ten Reasons You Know it is BACK TO SCHOOL time!
        • Classroom Pictures Part 2. D-O-N-E!!!
        • Classroom Tour 2011-2012 Part One
      • ► July
        • Book Barn!
        • Shape Up!
        • Teacher Feature
        • Writer's Workshop
        • Classroom Labels
        • I am a R-O-B-O-T
        • Vowels Visual
        • Monster Math Tubs
        • Can O' Worms
        • Earbud Storage
        • Discovery Bottles
        • WORD DOCTOR
      • ► June
        • Teacher Tipster...My NEW BFF!
        • Back to School....and writing...
        • Lovely Labels!
        • Classroom Organization
        • Minute to Win It
        • Teacher Song!
        • June Joy!
    • ► 2010
      • ► August
        • Classroom Details
        • Back To School 2010-2011
        • Classroom 2010- 2011
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    Math Tools K-5 Make a box or folder of math tool Math Tools K-5 

Make a box or folder of math tools for independent workers, small group work, or individual tasks. 

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    Word wall vocabulary cards for every subject make Word wall vocabulary cards for every subject make it easy to create focus walls providing students with a rich learning environment no matter the content K-5. 

This link will take you to all of the options: 
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Literacy Word Wall Cards
Math Word Wall Cards
Science Vocab Word Cards
Monthly Word Cards
Social Studies Word Wall

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    Math...but make it fun! We use these math mats for Math...but make it fun!
We use these math mats for so many math skills.  Students beg to come to teacher table when they see cars on the road or teeth in the mouth! 

Using regular manipulatives and these math mats, the possibilities are exciting!
🎲 number sense/counting skills
🎲 addition and subtraction
🎲 building number sets
🎲 subitizing
🎲  fractions
🎲 writing math stories/word problems
🎲 multiplication
🎲 division
What else can you think of? 😁

Linked in stories and in highlights.
or Search: "Building Number Sense Math Mats Tunstall"
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    Free Callback Cards! This freebie got a few littl Free Callback Cards! 
This freebie got a few little updates today so I wanted to share it with you in case you haven't seen it.

Search "Reagan Tunstall Callback Cards Free" on TeacherspayTeachers to find them! 

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    Week One of Guided Math 📸 Guided math lesson pl Week One of Guided Math 📸
Guided math lesson plans ✔️
How to Launch GM Guide ✔️
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Free voice level posters ✔️
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Do you have Guided Math? What grade do you teach?

Guided math K-5 in my store linked in the free launch guide below!
Free how to launch guide https://bit.ly/3jMooUM

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    This free unit prepares and teaches students about This free unit prepares and teaches students about scientific explorations!
Students can use a composition notebook or create an interactive keepsake book of activities.
Combine your favorite read-alouds and videos about scientists, the scientific method, and the different branches of science to add even more to the included activities. 

Included Activities:
Attributes of a scientist (examples and non-examples) 2 versions of boy and girl scientists
The scientific process flip-up book
Branches of science
All About Science writing paper

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Scientists-Interactive-Activities-4980306

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