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A Day in the Life…

Welcome to A Day in the Life Linky Party!  I can’t wait to get to know you better by learning all about your day!  Please link up at the end of this post and grab this button to use in your post!

Here is a typical day in the life….

Just in case you wonder about my own personal morning routine…
I wake at 4:45 and get myself ready by 5:30.  At 5:30 I wake my daughter.  I then prepare lunches and make breakfast.  At 6 I wake my son and both kids come out for breakfast.  At 6:15 they finish getting ready while I jump on my computer and check Facebook and Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits.  At 6:45 we get in the car to head to my school. My kids ride the same bus to middle and high school and that bus picks them up from my school.  So we all part at 6:50 in the parking lot of my school.   I get to my classroom with a half an hour to spare. 

This post is not just a schedule of our day, but how we got to this point from the beginning.  


7:30 Walk to the gym to pick up first grade. 
As we walk to the classroom I usually have between 5-8 students.  We chat and I get little stories of what has transpired at home the night before.  Return to the classroom and begin our day!

We created this flow map at the end of the first day of school.  I had the boxes drawn on the chart in advance and all the pieces of clip art to the side on the board. Together we decided what order we should do things in when we come in.  (I had it all planned out but I let them feel like they were part of the process of course)

If you want to make this chart with your class you can get the pictures on my facebook page in the fan freebies folder HERE. (It won’t be visible from a mobile device)

Here are the steps in order:
Put your lunch in the bucket
Hang your backpack and jacket
Take your red folder (Daily Communication Folder) out of your backpack
Do your daily data  (What is daily data?)
Go to your desk
At your desk, complete your Rise and Shine Binder
Meet at the rug for Morning Meeting
 

7:30-7:45 Rise and Shine Binder

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rise-and-Shine-Binder-762792

I shared the picture below on Facebook this week and it got a LOT of interaction.  But I do want to say that my routine looks different for rise and shine at different times of the year.  Like everything, I adjust as the students are ready or need a little change in routine to keep the novelty going.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rise-and-Shine-Binder-762792

Rule 1- Keep it simple.  I got rid of the little zipper bag of tools.  (from my original post about Rise and Shine) We just use a black expo, a sock (for erasing) and a pencil.
Rule 2- Follow the needs of your students.
Rule 3- Make up your own rules that work for your class.  I get some questions about teachers asking how to do this binder.  It really is meant to be a flexible tool that you can use anyway that you need for your class.  There isn’t a wrong way to do it! 🙂

At the end of the first day of school I introduce the binder.  I reuse these every year.  No names are on them. We use grade level money to buy new sheet protectors because they get pretty used up through the year.   I tell students that each day we will work these special binders when we come in the classroom in the morning.  At first I keep a very tight leash on what we get to do.  We start by completing the very first page together.  During this time I point out where they will find the information in the room that they need.  I show them that each day of school we will have a new number to work with.

When they come in on the morning of day 2, this is up for the students to see.  I keep it right next to the reference board they are using that has the days of the week and the months etc.  For at least a week, I keep it up and change it daily to match.   We stick with just one page until they all know how to do it independently.

During week 2, I introduce the second page and I only have the second page up for reference since they already know how to do the first page.  This routine continues until my students are able to work through the binder with little to no help.
I walk around and check student progress.  Students that have been checked and are finished use their sock to erase and then go to the rug for morning announcements.  (I buy a package of black boys socks for erasers)

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rise-and-Shine-Binder-762792

Introducing the morning work section:

When I notice that some students are finishing very quickly and have the routine down with ease, I introduce new sections.  I like to introduce the morning work next.

My first set of morning work pages is very simple so it makes the transition easy for my first graders.  Also the format stays consistent but the concepts become more difficult.  The consistent format helps to lessen the neediness factor while increasing rigor after every 5 pages.

Daily Language 1 front side of page (above)
Daily Math 1 back side of the page
I
run the daily language and daily math sets back to back.  I put the whole
month in there at one time so they can work through at their own pace
and I do not have to run to the copier daily.  When a front and back are
completed we pull the sheet out to go in our completed work folder.  We
do one side a day (certain students do both sides if they are ready for
that)  One teacher on my team runs the entire year and has it in there ready to go on day 1.  It is up to you and your copy police. 

We are currently in the 6th set of Daily Math and Daily Language.  This is the math side. 

Once the class is trained and better rehearsed on completing the rise and shine, the majority of students can be finished by morning announcements.  For those that arrive late consistently or need a lot of help, I have a 5th grade buddy that comes to our room most mornings.  He is the rise and shine helper.  They LOVE him and I love how he explains what to do.  I load him up with stickers and a marker and he is the teacher for those that need some more time and help.  When he isn’t able to be in our room, I am able to do this with them.  The great thing about the rise and shine is that it is never ending.  If students don’t do it because they are late one day, it will be there the next day.  No worries!  I do not make everyone stay on the same page.  We work through it at our own pace.  I love the flexibility of it. 

7:45 Morning Announcements 
8:00 Morning Meeting

Confession:  I used to loathe morning meeting.  It felt so robotic and uninspired.  For awhile there I cut it out altogether.  Then I got completely RE-INSPIRED and it is now one of our favorite times of the day!  I have a session for SDE all about it, but for now I’ll just share a couple of pics.

Rather than a daily message, we have a message for the week.   I restate our learning objectives here!  We read it each day that week so students know exactly what we are learning about.  Each day we do something to our morning message such as the picture below where we are finding all the capital letters.

 At this time in the year, students are writing the message for the week with my help which makes it even more special to them.  We read with our whole bodies.  This is so helpful when students are writing.  They know where capitals and periods belong because they can read their writing whole body. 


There are 4 components to our morning meeting.  The big overall focus is that students are interacting in positive ways as we mentally prepare for our day of learning.  Social skills are hard to come by these days but taking a few minutes each day to practice these helps us with our classroom climate while reducing any anxiety we have in being vulnerable with each other through the learning process.

I know I didn’t give you a complete picture of the morning meeting, but I don’t take many pictures during this sweet little time with my class. 


8:15 Phonemic Awareness 5 mins
Introduction of New Spelling Pattern
 We do this in many ways.  phonics videos, puppet talk, building sounds (linker cubes) tapping sounds on our arms and hands, whiteboards and dictation, elkonin boxes, class games.

 Most of this is back and forth between students and teacher, but I did create this set of games that we use whole group sometimes when we are learning a new pattern.  It is a great way to get students to hear the sounds before being responsible for writing them accurately.  We work our way around the board playing students versus teacher.  We listen for the patterns that we land on.  We record the sound spelling together after tapping it and breaking it apart orally.  We write it in elkonin boxes or on our whiteboards.  At the end I reveal the winning pattern within that family.  Cheers or moans follow! 🙂

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8:30-10:00 Guided Reading 

We use LEARN to read and students work through 5 rotations each day.
L–Listen to reading (Computers or iPads: Raz Kids or Accelerated Reader)
E-Enjoy a book (alone or with a friend/stuffed animal etc)
A–Attention to Writing
R– Read with teacher (guided reading time with me) OR Read with a friend
N– New Words

For a complete breakdown of how I get LEARN started you can click HERE.

 Last year, I went from using a pocket chart to track student rotations, to projecting a timed power point.  Either way, students have a visual of where to go and this provides consistency and structure to their schedule.  For students that are lacking in organization and structure or need it due to autism or other learning challenges, this has been very advantageous.

 Raz Kids
Tumble Books
Accelerated Reader

 Last summer, I leveled our classroom library.  I highly recommend this.  I had noticed way too much fake reading happening in the library.   I am not going to lie to you.  It was NOT fun.  I posted this picture to Instagram after 3 straight days of leveling books.

  #howteacherspendthesummer
https://instagram.com/reagtunstall/

 Let me tell you it WAS so worth it!!!!  

This year students have access to books that they can read.  It was very eye opening to see which levels I had many books of.  I had at least 150 books that were well beyond my students’ abilities.  For those students that are in need of materials that most of the class doesn’t need, I have a special cupboard that I let them shop from as well.  I do not keep out levels that are not just right for most of my students.  For author studies, seasonal read-alouds, and special books that go with lessons, I have a cupboard reserved.  My students have stayed motivated and interested in these leveled books because they never had access to the ones that caused them to veer off from real reading.  I admit it took me 18 years to get to this point, but let’s just focus on the fact that I finally got control!  🙂  I used scholastic’s book wizard to level my library.

 Attention to Writing
I used to struggle with this rotation because I had a few little low students that ended up with a journal full of drawings rather than quality writing.  I put some real thought and careful planning into  resources that we have used all year long.It has made a HUGE difference in our understanding and motivation at the writing center!    Every class has such a range in abilities from your highly motivated and capable writers down to the students that need as much support and direction as humanly capable! 
 My writing center materials
Engaging Writing
Engaging Writing 2
Engaging Writing 3
Engaging Writing Bundle
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Engaging-Writing-Activities-Bundle-1637772
 Monthly Story Starters
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Starters-For-the-Year-1708299
February Story Starters
March Story Starters
April Story Starters
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Starters-April-1774009
Read with a Friend (Or Read with Teacher)
I choose to do our guided reading lesson as the R and we call it Read with Teacher.  🙂

 New Words
I have a year long plan for this rotation. 

 We move through a year’s worth of sound spelling patterns.  I have the
new words activities ready to go in our little drawers.  One activity per day.  

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Reagan-Tunstall/Category/Phonics-Spelling

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Big-Phonics-Bundle-A-Year-of-Spelling-and-Phonics-Interactive-Activities-1172712
This year I added a set of phonics recording sheets to the mix too! 
To see the order I teach and the lists I use to test you can grab this
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spelling-For-The-Year-1571051
If you want to get started on prepping for next year’s reader’s workshop,
You can grab these posters for free.  Just click the picture.
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 10:00-10:50 Math Workshop 
  (First Half) We stop for recess and lunch at 10:50


Warm Up Activity- 5-10 minutes

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Whole Group Lesson 20 mins
(or quick framing of the lesson objectives at Math Stack and we dismiss to guided reading rotations)


Guided Math Rotations

Just as we LEARN to read, we also STACK for math!


S- small group
T- technology (computer games, technology resources)
A-apply (independent practice at seat, apps, apply learning in a math game)
C-create with math, math journal, critical writing
K- kinesthetic math, hands on practice

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Math-Rotation-Board-1413492

 S-Small Group
Many times I use the math centers in small group but use them as a teaching tool for our new concept after our whole group concept has been introduced.  This way I can see how they think and interact with the new concept while correcting and enriching as we go.  I plan with a guided math binder.  

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T- Technology
Students go to computers and iPads and work on different skills.

A-Apply
This can be independent work, an “APP” that students use as a resource, or applying the new skill in a hands-on game. (really it is very open to anything that I want students to do that particular week because no matter what we are always applying what we know!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-First-Grade-1796023

C-Create
This is usually a math journal activity in my classroom.

 For a post just on math journals click the picture below.
http://www.tunstallsteachingtidbits.com/2014/12/about-math-journals.html

The basic rules for math journal:
Work together if needed
Discuss with a teammate when stuck
Check with a partner first when finished
Be creative
Show what you know

During our graphing concept, these students made their own graphs based off of a survey question.  This took the place of our regularly scheduled math journal rotation for a week but students were interacting and creating as they gathered their information for their graphs.

K- Kinesthetic
Hands-on math practice in a game or activity

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Sticks-Ten-Engaging-Games-for-K-2-1039857
 More on Guided Math

 11:00-12:00 Lunch and Recess


12:00 -12:30 Finish Guided Math


12:30-Story at Rug/Writer’s Workshop
 Each day we enjoy a good book before beginning writer’s workshop.  This calms us down from all the recess drama activity and refocuses our minds with a great example of reading and writing.

This week our science and writing went hand in hand (This happens often right?) So I took advantage of the overlap and we were able to really get into science in our writing.

We are working on creating ebooks about animals and through this we are researching different animal groups.  More on that later…
First we write what we think we know in an interactive writing time.  This is done as we share and watch short videos together to gather new information.

We reread our writing and decided that although some mammals have color, most are not colorful and being colorful does not actually help us determine whether an animal is a mammal or not.

Next, each student got an animal picture.  Based on our new understanding of traits that make a mammal, we sorted those pictures based on our mammal traits.  For each animal we said which trait helped us to know if the animal was a mammal or not a mammal. 

 We followed that up with an interactive writing web.  Students either wrote an animal name or a trait of mammals.

At the end of that we always have some time to write independently.  We can choose to write about mammals, finish a previously started topic, or start a new pressing topic that happens to be on their mind.

We repeated this scenario for each animal group through the week.  We still have two more to go next week.  I am not rushing this process because I want them to have a solid foundation of all of the animal groups going into our upcoming research. 

1:15 Science or Social Studies
 As you saw above many times writing and science/social studies becomes one big conglomerate learning time.  I also combine the two in our interactive science books throughout the year.  Last week we competed this living and non living book and once we get through our animal research, next week, we will create this repurposed paper bag earth day book!  It’s full of learning activities!  

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Living-and-Non-Living-Interactive-Activities-1775946

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Living-and-Non-Living-Interactive-Activities-1775946
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Paper-Bag-Book-1785073

Finishing off the best schedule ever is an end of day prep period.  Please do not hate me!  I know it is the most wonderful situation to have this cherished time at the end of the day when all the learning has been done!  It’s the perfect end to a very FULL day of learning.
1:50 Specials Classes
2:35 End of Day Procedures
2:45 Dismiss

Link up your day and let’s compare!  Looking forward to getting to know you better!


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    Comments

    1. Paula Hamand says

      April 12, 2015 at 6:34 pm

      OK! ITS OFFICIAL! YOU ARE AWESOME! Love you ideas, you have inspired me this Sunday morning, I see why you get up so early, wow, I am dragging out of bed at 6:15 AM now a days, in September, it was 5:30, I don't even care about make up anymore! thank you!

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 12, 2015 at 6:51 pm

        🙂 Thank you Paula! We are in the homestretch now! Hang in there!!!

        Reply
    2. Miss T says

      April 12, 2015 at 7:59 pm

      Whew! Amazing post!!! And I thought my post was long lol. Thanks for the linky!
      Journey of a Substitute Teacher

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm

        Thanks for linking up Tanja! I am off to read it!

        Reply
    3. Emily Hilt says

      April 12, 2015 at 8:02 pm

      Thanks for sharing an in-depth look at your day! I will be graduating college soon and your posts always give me tons of ideas for my future classroom. Keep up the amazing work! 🙂

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 12, 2015 at 8:16 pm

        Congratulations Emily! Thank you so much!

        Reply
    4. Anonymous says

      April 13, 2015 at 1:42 am

      Wow! You have amazing ideas that are organized, really make sense and are fun! I had a couple of questions about your post. How do you have your students "read with their whole body"? Where do you find so many Level A-D books for your library? My students are all ELL students, so I really need books at those levels, even at this point in the year. Did your school purchase them for you or did you find them somewhere?

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 15, 2015 at 1:39 am

        It was tough to find those for sure! I went on amazon and got most of them that way.

        Reply
    5. laurend085 says

      April 13, 2015 at 3:20 am

      Hi, I have a several questions, I hope you can answer them!
      1. I see you have a time for phonemic awareness then go into your guided reading/centers. Do you have a weekly story, story skills to teach, required read-alouds, etc? We have to cover that as well during the reading block whole group.

      2. Do you have calendar time?

      3. I have been thinking about sorting my library by genre vs. level , how do you get students to put books back in the right bin? Do you have them marked?

      4. Do you have an example of how you use your elkonin boxes? Do you have a template for everyone? Do they use counters? I'm still new to them.

      5. How do students read with their whole body?

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 15, 2015 at 1:42 am

        Hello,
        I do have a weekly comprehension skill but we are aloud to use whatever resource we know is best. We have a curriculum, but we are not tied to it. I usually cover it through guided reading and sometimes as part of my afternoon time too!

        We do not have an official calendar time anymore. We still cover calendar skills but do not have to devote a full 1-015 minutes on calendar every single day.

        I will post more about elkonin boxes soon!

        I will share whole body reading too! 🙂 I need to take some video.

        Reply
      • laurend085 says

        April 15, 2015 at 1:47 am

        Thanks for answering! So lucky! We are very much so tied to our curriculum to the minutes. If we're not doing so many minutes of such and such at such and such time when someone walks we can get in trouble.

        Reply
    6. Learning about Life in Second Grade says

      April 13, 2015 at 9:20 am

      I loved this and appreciate so much when another teacher breaks down their day. Even after a few years of teaching, it is inspiring to catch new ideas and run with them. I do have a question as my school only gives 90 minutes for reading (including small groups) and writing. We have a 30 minute RTI time that cut out a specified writing time. Makes it challenging to fit it all in. I was wondering if you do mini lessons or how you incorporate lessons on reading skills, grammar or other ELA elements that need to be taught. Keeping on track with time is a big issue with such a limited amount so I love to see how others do it. Thanks so much for the post and all your hard work.

      Reply
    7. Kelly says

      April 14, 2015 at 5:06 am

      Love, love, love this linky! Thank you! Every spring I start planning for the next year, and I love hearing how other teachers manage to get everything squeezed into their day! Your class looks like a blast, and I am sure your students LOVE it!

      Reply
    8. Suzanne says

      April 14, 2015 at 6:47 am

      Thanks for sharing so much information! Can you describe more about having the students read the morning message with their whole bodies? Is that from Whole Brain Teaching?

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 15, 2015 at 1:44 am

        It isn't whole brain, but I am sure you could find some great videos that would be whole body reading too! I am not sure where I picked it up along the way, but have been doing it forever. I'll take some video and share it.

        Reply
    9. kmiracle says

      April 15, 2015 at 1:32 am

      So how many kids do you have in your class at a time? You said you pick up 5-8 in the morning, but it looks like you have more in your class.

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        April 15, 2015 at 1:44 am

        I have 19 this year. It's so wonderful. We can have up to 25. Last year I had 24 all year.

        Reply
    10. Ashley Schmidt says

      April 16, 2015 at 12:49 am

      I love your leveled library! I teach second grade and have students whose reading levels range from C to P. My classroom library is set up thematically for the most part and grouped by authors. I have a small section that is a leveled library. My kids are allowed to have 5 books at a time and 2 have to be from the leveled library.

      I too have noticed 'fake' reading and want my students to really get valuable reading time in, however I also have kiddos who really want to read books of interest that may be a higher/lower level.

      Should I have my kiddos read at their current level only? Has it worked really well for you this year? I fear it may turn some of my reluctant readers off from reading? Do you have a balanced suggestion? 🙂

      Reply
    11. laurend085 says

      April 17, 2015 at 3:18 am

      Sorry for all the questions. When students come to read at the table, what do they bring in their book box? Books they've shopped for or do you let them hold on to the guided reading books? Students at my school aren't allowed to take home the guided reading books.

      Reply
    12. JufNathalie says

      April 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm

      Hello, I'm a Belgian teacher and while I enjoyed reading this I also noticed some differences. We have to teach religion and a lot more 'science/social studies'. Because of this we can't spent as much time on language and math as I would like. Do you need to teach the special classes? We do, except for gym.
      I think the biggest difference is the begin- and end time of the day. We start an hour later but also stop an hour later.

      Thank you for sharing your day!

      Reply
    13. Anonymous says

      April 27, 2015 at 5:01 pm

      Thank you for sharing! What curriculums do you use?

      Reply
    14. Sarah says

      April 28, 2015 at 11:00 pm

      Thanks for letting me a fly on the wall in your classroom. 🙂
      I actually updated our daily schedule using this post as my guide.
      I did want to ask if you would be willing to share your timed PowerPoint for reading rotations (or already have it on TPT)?
      Thank you for your time.

      Reply
    15. Zay Parra says

      August 24, 2015 at 1:05 am

      Oh I loooove Everything in this Post!!!!! Thank you for every detail and the pictures! I'll be checking this post EVERY.DAY!
      🙂

      Magically in First

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    16. Jena Fraser says

      September 10, 2015 at 10:14 am

      Can I just say your classroom setup and resources are amazing. But I honestly don't know you all start school so early, I live in Australia and school doesn't start till 9am here. Your wee kids must be so tired after learning all day, but it does look like a lot of fun and a great class space.

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        • Digital Literacy Warm-Ups
        • Guided Reading Timers
        • Digital Math Warm-Ups
        • January Themes
        • How to Launch Guided Math
        • Guided Math Timers
        • Intervention for Operations, Computations, and Algebraic Relationships
        • Intervention for Numeracy, Counting, and Cardinality
    • ►2020
      • ►December
        • Start Fresh School Reset
      • ►November
        • Math Milestones
        • Flip Up Phonics
        • Digital Holidays Around the World
      • ►October
        • The Importance of Understanding Odd and Even in K-5
      • ►August
        • Socially Distance Small Groups and Centers
        • Digital Guided Math: try it free
      • ►July
        • Colorful Student Welcome Postcards
        • Distance Learning without Technology
        • Digital Guided Math for Distance Learning
      • ►June
        • Guided Math VIRTUAL Professional Development
      • ►May
        • Math STACK Explained
        • Summer Math and Literacy Workstations
      • ►April
        • Third Grade Math Centers and Stations
        • Resources to Help Site-Wide Sale
        • Math Intervention Solution
      • ►March
        • Sending Homework Calendars to Students
        • Position the Learning for Impact
      • ►February
        • Writing Tool Kit Grades 3-5
        • Leap Year
    • ►2019
      • ►December
        • Winter Math and Literacy
        • Writing Station Suitcase
      • ►November
        • Math Puzzles
        • The Science of Turkeys
        • Guided Math in Grades 3-5
      • ►October
        • All About Scientists
        • Meeting Standards Through Science and Social Studies Themes
      • ►August
        • Guided Math: Frequently Asked Questions
      • ►July
        • Getting Started with Math Journals
        • First Week Favorites for Back to School Time
      • ►June
        • The First Day of Guided Math
        • Guided Math and Workstation Resources
        • Guided Reading Resources the Smart Cart
      • ►May
        • 5 Fun Classroom Games to Review Skills
        • Solutions for the End of the Year
      • ►March
        • Literacy Word Wall and Warm-Ups
      • ►February
        • Lesson Plans for the Guided Math Structure
      • ►January
        • Teaching Students to Use Math Strategies
        • New Year, New Routines to Maximize Learning
    • ►2018
      • ►December
        • Staying on Track with Teaching in December
      • ►October
        • Fall Math and Literacy Workstations
      • ►September
        • Writing Mini-Lessons for the Year
      • ►July
        • Setting Up Guided Math Kindergarten-5th Grade
      • ►June
        • Math Tools
      • ►May
        • Guided Math Resources
        • Free Printable Math Practice Pages
      • ►April
        • Interactive Butterfly Science
        • Write and Wipe Math Centers
      • ►March
        • Literacy Picnic
        • Interactive Plant Science
        • The Benefits of Numbers Notebook
        • Texas Symbols and Landmarks
      • ►February
        • Let's Celebrate Reading!
        • Let's Discuss Math Warm-Ups
        • February Resource Round Up
        • Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
      • ►January
        • Guided Reading Teacher Binder
        • Martin Luther King Jr. Activities
        • Guided Math Webinar
        • Managing the Guided Math Materials Mayhem
    • ►2017
      • ►December
        • The Great Homework Debate
        • Guided Math Workshops
        • Color-Coded Learning: Numbers Notebook
        • Gingerbread Science
      • ►November
        • 20 Ideas for Teaching Coins
        • Fact Fluency: Friend or Foe?
        • Scheduling Your Guided Math Block
      • ►October
        • A Teacher's Heart
        • Owls and Other Nocturnal Animals
        • Math Stations by Standard
      • ►September
        • 4th Grade Guided Math Geometry
        • Batty About Color Inspiration
        • Amazon Kindle Fire Kids Edition Giveaway!
        • Place Value Lessons and Workstations
        • Guided Math Resource Solutions
      • ►August
        • Astrobrights Brightest Teacher Classroom Makeover Reveal
        • 4th Grade Guided Math
      • ►July
        • The Workshop Classroom
        • The Lit Kit: A Comprehensive Resource
        • Math Fact Fluency
      • ►June
        • Graphs and Data Work Stations
        • Number Sense Workstations K-2 and 3rd
        • 3 Simple Ways to do a Lesson Reflection
      • ►May
        • 101 Guided Math Read Aloud Books
        • Flip It Math Games
      • ►April
        • Fact and Opinion Freebie with Astrobrights
        • Ocean Science
        • 20 Ideas for Teaching Measurement
        • All About Teaching Time
        • 20 Ways to Teach Graphing
      • ►March
        • Literacy for April
        • Activities to Teach Living Things
        • March Writing Mini-Lessons
        • Missouri Conference Announcement
        • Math Rotations a Favorite Time of Day
      • ►February
        • Literacy Activities for March
        • Math Games for Technology
        • Kicking off the Brightest Teacher Contest 2017
        • Keeping Up with Phonics and Word Families
        • February Writing Mini-Lessons
      • ►January
        • Dental Health Tooth Book
        • All Things Literacy in February
        • February Math Centers K,1, & 2
        • Meet Me At The Teacher Table!
        • January Resources
    • ►2016
      • ►December
        • $500 Math Manipulatives Giveaway!
        • Using Math Journals K-3
        • Number Chats, Exit Tickets, and Math Supplements
        • Third Grade Guided Math
      • ►November
        • December Literacy All-In-One!
        • Holidays Around the World
        • Guided Math: The Three P's
        • Interactive Math Games
        • Free Veterans Day Math Activity
      • ►October
        • The November Lit Kit for First & Kinder!
        • November Writing Mini-Lessons
        • November Math Centers
        • Teaching in October
      • ►September
        • October Math Centers K, 1, and 2
        • The October Lit Kit
        • Science Journal
        • Colorize your Content with Astrobrights' Colorize your Classroom Contest
        • Math Journal Updates
      • ►August
        • Apple Science
        • Writing Mini-Lessons
      • ►July
        • Organizing Curriculum
        • The Lit Kit
        • Math Journal K, 1, and 2
      • ►June
        • Watermelon Science
        • Organizing Math Centers
      • ►May
        • The Rise and Shine Binder
        • Guided Math K, 1, and 2!
        • Math Centers For First Grade
        • Memory Keepsake Book Freebie
      • ►April
        • Second Grade Math Journal
        • Standards-Based Snake Safari
        • May Math
        • Multiplication and Division Situations
        • Insect Science Activities
        • Literacy and Math Picnic in the Classroom
        • The Writing Center
      • ►March
        • Earth Day
        • April Math
        • Resources to Teach Guided Math
        • Looking for a Leprechaun!
        • Magnets, Force, and Motion
        • Guided Math- Number Sense to 1200 (and beyond)
        • Animal Research Creating an eBook
      • ►February
        • Activities to Teach Living Things
        • March Math Centers and More!
        • 2016 Colorize Your Classroom Winner!
        • Teaching Word Families
        • A Bright Partnership
        • Math Lessons for Every Day
        • Sight Words and Fluency Phrases Booklets
      • ►January
        • Story Starters for The Writing Center
        • Team Building Warm-Ups
        • Read and Match Pocket Chart Cards
        • February Math
        • Guided Math Centers
        • Guided Math Grouping and Stations
        • Guided Math
        • Celebrating the 100th Day (or 120th)
        • Geometry: Shapes, Solids, and Fractions
    • ►2015
      • ►December
        • Penguin Interactive Science
        • iPad Essentials: Researching Influential People
        • January Math Centers, Journals, and Printables
        • Weather Interactive Science Notebook
        • Math Journals For First Grade
        • Teaching Coins, Data, and Graphing!
        • Planning Writing Instruction
      • ►November
        • December Math Games, Journals, and Printables
        • How I Track Sight Words
        • Guided Math
        • America the Brave! Election Day and Veterans Day
      • ►October
        • All the Phonics!
        • Fall Centers and Printables
        • Create Your Best Math Workshop
        • Franken Authors!
        • Number Sense Lesson Plans and Materials
        • A Nautical Themed Birthday at the Tunstall's
        • Fire Safety Ideas and Freebie
      • ►September
        • Spiders and Bats!
        • "Pump" up the Learning.
        • Spider Science Booklet
        • Lesson Planning Ideas: Teaching Phonics
        • Get All Caught Up With Colorize Your Classroom!
        • Guided Math and Place Value
      • ►August
        • Teacher Week '15 Meet the Teacher Monday
        • Interactive Writing Lesson {Freebie}
        • Writing Mini-Lessons
        • Colorize Your Classroom Challenge 4!
        • Astrobrights' Papers Colorize Your Classroom Contest Is Back!
        • Successful School Beginnings!
        • The Astrobrights Summit: Behind the Scenes!
        • Math Journals: Getting Started
        • There's a Paper Cutter on my Nightstand... #Backtoschool
      • ►July
        • Hallway Behavior Management Tip #25DaysofColor
        • Creating Classroom Community #25DaysofColor
        • Guided Math Whole Group to Small Group
        • Hands-On Science!
        • Resources for Teaching Writing
        • Morning Work Solutions!
        • The Guided Math Tour 2015
        • What Does it Take to be a Successful Beginning Reader?
        • Vegas Conference Sale!
        • Guided Math Galore
      • ►June
        • Morning Meeting: Let's Discuss
        • My Astrobrights Story: An Incredible Partnership
        • Math Tools for Reference!
        • Our Last Day in Pictures!
      • ►May
        • Young Author Portfolios and Celebration
        • Birthday Sale!
        • End of Year Freebies
        • 10 End of the Year Ideas
        • We Made it to May... Lesson Plans, Moms, and Twitchy Eyes
      • ►April
        • Pushing Through Spring Fever...
        • Guided Reading Phonics Posters
        • A Day in the Life...
        • Unshakeable: Enjoy teaching…no matter what
        • Organizing the Elementary Classroom!
      • ►March
        • Peek at My Week March 29th!
        • Active Learning Ideas!
        • Peek at My Week March 23
        • Howdy Partners! Come Take A Tour of our Texas Studies!
        • Fish in the Bucket and Other Things...
        • Guided Math-Reflecting on the Journey
        • Teacher Bag Lady and My Week...Wait...It's only Monday
      • ►February
        • Pot Of Gold Learning!
        • Phonics: What Why & How
        • Story Starters Galore
        • Teaching Time Freebies!
        • February in the Classroom
        • Write On!
        • Little Classroom Moments
      • ►January
        • Recap of the Texas First Grade Conference
        • Rough Patch!
        • iPad Essentials: Analyzing Weather!
        • Primary Geometry: Making the Grade with Shapes
        • Writing Mini-Lessons
        • A Peek at my Week {Gif Style}
        • January Jumpstart {A Day at School}
    • ►2014
      • ►December
        • Guided Math Binder
        • Reindeer Games!
        • December Behavior Management
        • Five For Friday
        • About Math Journals
      • ►November
        • Heading Back To Work!
        • H is for...
        • My Handy Spelling Notebook!
        • Printable Literacy Practice
        • Honoring Veterans in Every Subject!
        • Five for Friday
        • Spelling and Phonics - Step by Step
        • Hello November!
      • ►October
        • It's a Fall Frenzy!
        • All About Reader's Workshop!
        • Fire Safety and Planning for Next Week
        • Franken Authors
        • Bat Science!
        • Beginning Place Value
      • ►September
        • Reading Strategies and my Week!
        • Our Daily Schedule in Pictures!
        • Prepping for Pumpkin Season
        • Apples and Fall Happenings
        • Apples! Hands-On Science
        • Classroom Clips and Quotes....Day 10
        • Interactive Notebooks and Young Learners
        • Practice Makes Perfect?
        • Kick Start Guided Reading!
      • ►August
        • Back To School: The First Two Days
        • Guided Math Rotations & Explanations!
        • School Tour Continued!
        • Teacher Week Day 2 Classroom Digs!
        • Teacher Week Day One
        • Engaging Writing Activities Volume 2
        • Daily Data Ideas!
        • Meet the Teacher Night Signs
        • Engaging Writing Activities
        • Launching Guided Math {A How To Guide}
        • Classroom Tour 2014-2015
      • ►July
        • iPad Essentials
        • Math Concepts Galore! Day 10
        • Day 8 ELA Units
        • Math Journals! Day 7
        • Math Centers on Day 6!
        • Christmas in July Day 5- How I Start the Day
        • Christmas in July Day 4- Spelling/Phonics
        • Christmas in July Day 2!
        • It's Christmas in July!
        • Label Obsessed!! {Free}
        • A Trip to IKEA
        • Organizing for Next Year
      • ►June
        • Word Work Storage and Yearly Plan
        • I'm Flipping over Flip Books!
        • All About Me Flip Book
        • The Math Journal Component
        • 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!
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        • Writer's Workshop
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        • Monster Math Tubs
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        • Back to School....and writing...
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