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We Made it to May… Lesson Plans, Moms, and Twitchy Eyes

May!  Sigh…thank goodness.

May is such a FULL crazy school month.  In some ways that is great because it tends to fly by, but it also makes teachers lose their minds in the process.  So from my permanent eye twitch to yours, here’s to May!

First up, Mother’s Day.
We are making a lavender body scrub for our moms to take into the shower.  It is a beautiful exfoliator (made that word up according to my spell check) that smells like summer and happiness.  Believe me.  It’s wonderful.  And so easy that you’ll feel guilty.

3 Ingredients: sugar, oil, and either lemon juice or lavender oil
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oh-Momma-Mothers-Day-237022

I use little disposable containers.  (for me in my shower, there is a hurricane vase full of this homemade treasure but that’s another story)

After the mixing, smelling, oohing, and aaaahing has been completed by my students, we tie ribbon around the container and add a little label that explains what this gift is for.   You can see the label in this instagram picture below.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oh-Momma-Mothers-Day-237022

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We make a card complete with writing all about mom and a direct draw mom portrait that melts any mom’s heart.

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Directions for these gifts, writing, and Printables for Mother’s Day Found HERE

Is your word wall at max capacity?  We have 5 more words.  I am one excited teacher.  This year I have kept up with our word wall week by week!  My students are so good about asking what our new words are each week.  They beg to hang the old ones too so honestly I should really give them the credit.  I just work here.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134

This silly little pink box was the key to a year of word wall words.  I put the words in here in order of our reading series/district high frequency word police mandates.  Each week it was no problem for my students to grab the next few words.

I found this picture from the fist week of school when we were just reviewing our color words and learning how to use the word wall.  {wipes tear from face}  They have come such a long way!!!!

We have 10 word wall centers that students can do.  The best part about them is that it doesn’t matter if we have 10 words or 110 words on our word wall.  These centers are open ended so students and teacher can choose the words to target!

This activity below has students color coding the consonants and vowels.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134

 

There are different versions of this one from two letter words and up!
We are on the more difficult words here at the end of the year.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134

When students finish their rotation during guided reading they can grab a word wall activity!  They get to go work on the rug by the word wall.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134

 

I got the cute little clipboards last year in the target dollar spot!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Centers-1222134
  {11-20 are on the back}

Another resource that has made the rounds all throughout the year are these reading and writing flip books.  More advanced groups love to make flip books as a reading response activity!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Writing-Flip-Up-Books-1294643

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Writing-Flip-Up-Books-1294643

We just prepped these plant flip up books because we will be planting seeds this week.  Print, fold, and staple!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Parts-of-Plant-Flip-Up-Book-1295414

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Parts-of-Plant-Flip-Up-Book-1295414

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Parts-of-Plant-Flip-Up-Book-1295414

Now I am throwing myself an internal party because something that I envisioned last summer is finally finished!!!  I really wanted to have a guided reading phonics sounds wall.  I just couldn’t quite make it happen until recently!  Then as a result, more ideas began to form and I just wrapped up my phonics posters and phonics tracers sets!

I sat out on the patio this morning and put together my vowel teams binder.  The phonics posters that match each one of these posters will be displayed on the wall, while the students can practice reading in these binders!  We have been using the short vowels and blends binders at school, but since it’s the end of first grade, I really wanted to get these long vowel, vowel teams binders done!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Posters-Long-Vowels-Vowel-Teams-Word-Endings-R-Controlled-Vowels-1839850

 

 

My students read them and circle the hunks and chunks!  I love the constant review!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Posters-Long-Vowels-Vowel-Teams-Word-Endings-R-Controlled-Vowels-1839850
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Posters-Long-Vowels-Vowel-Teams-Word-Endings-R-Controlled-Vowels-1839850

Along with the reading binders, I also made tracers.  My students went nuts over the short vowels, blends and digraphs, now I have our big kid sounds to add to the mix!

 My 14 year old daughter asked if she could try it out.  {wipe another wayward tear}
 To see my original post about short vowel posters and blends and digraph posters click HERE
For the entire set of posters for the year check out the bundle HERE
For the entire set of tracers for the year check out the bundle HERE
Just need the new sets?  Click the pictures below.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Posters-Long-Vowels-Vowel-Teams-Word-Endings-R-Controlled-Vowels-1839850https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Tracers-Long-Vowels-Vowel-Teams-R-Controlled-and-Word-Endings-1839901?utm_campaign=Cron-NewProductNotification-v1&utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=TransactionalEmail

So the reason I have been out on my patio prepping, drinking coffee, and blogging, is because we are under construction.  {Since November} With our kids being teens now, we decided to finally put in a pool.  My husband really wanted to go for the teen appeal and he designed this cave/jumping platform/slide.  It’s really coming together now!

 Hold strong dear teachers….we can make it….#summer2015
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    Comments

    1. Jeanne says

      May 3, 2015 at 6:43 pm

      I will be glad to visit your new outdoor space!!! I really like your new phonics sets. I purchased your mini books last year and they helped my kids so much. I retired but if I was still teaching these would be my purchase now! Btw–why does the words on the turtle poster all have it words? Our district uses Benchmark Literacy and your sets are outstanding!!!

      Reply
    2. Jeanne says

      May 3, 2015 at 6:44 pm

      Sorry– I meant why do!

      Reply
    3. Courtney B says

      May 3, 2015 at 8:54 pm

      That pool looks awesome! I have a permanent eye twitch too!

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        May 3, 2015 at 11:07 pm

        hugs!

        Reply
    4. Jessica says

      May 3, 2015 at 10:09 pm

      Thanks for the recipe for the scrub! I'm going to have to try that with my students! It looks so easy. Love the pool, too. I wish we had the space for one!
      What I Have Learned

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        May 3, 2015 at 11:06 pm

        🙂 Hope you love the scrub!

        Reply
    5. Kim Gierahn says

      May 3, 2015 at 10:40 pm

      May calendar explosion. #megatwitch

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        May 3, 2015 at 11:06 pm

        I just laughed out loud alone in the kitchen. You are my new BFF…

        Reply
      • Kim Gierahn says

        May 4, 2015 at 5:08 pm

        Haha! Hilarious!

        Off to go grab my "mini consumers and producers from Chinese class" It's market day here in first grade!! #advil #wine

        Reply
      • Kim Gierahn says

        May 4, 2015 at 6:53 pm

        quotes in wrong spots.. grrr. It truly is a super, wonderful day for the kids. They love buying and selling their handmade products! Economics at it's best!

        Reply
    6. Positively Learning says

      May 4, 2015 at 11:09 am

      Such a great idea! Would it be wrong if I kept the scrub for myself?!? Thanks 🙂 Jen

      Reply
    7. Carrberry Creations says

      May 4, 2015 at 3:33 pm

      Seriously keeping scrub for myself. Thanks for sharing the recipe, my kiddos are going to love making it. And….drool…. where did you get the clear spinner from (the one pictured on your letter hunters page)? I love that!

      Reply
    8. Sarah Shobe says

      May 6, 2015 at 10:49 am

      You made me laugh! Your pool looks like it's going to be gorgeous!

      Reply
    9. 3d670b14-f790-11e4-bb65-2b847ded27f4 says

      May 11, 2015 at 3:46 am

      I love your phonics tracers! Such a great idea for center time or early finishers. Your scrub looks amazing. I wish I would have seen that last week!

      Reply
    10. Sherri says

      October 26, 2015 at 7:24 am

      Hi Reagan, I'm not sure if you will get this but I must know where you got your clear spinners from? I have many games that require paper clip spinners by I have a class of "re-constructionists" when it comes to paperclips and it isn't terribly safe. I would love to grab some of the clear ones. I hope your pool is finished by now! It looks amazing.

      Reply
    11. Alex says

      February 21, 2016 at 6:30 am

      When do you use the tracers and how often? do you see progress from using them?

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        February 23, 2016 at 11:28 am

        The tracers are to reinforce what has been taught. So many times my low kids get snowballed with how fast we introduce new sounds week to week. This allows them to read and write the words previously learned and not forget what they know. 🙂 My students ask to do them at the writing center so I put them out as one of the choices a couple days a week there. Also they are perfect for an early finisher activity or a morning station activity.

        Reply
    12. Amy says

      May 3, 2016 at 5:34 pm

      Hi! Did I miss the exact recipe? Or is it sort of a trial and error as far as amounts? Thanks!

      Amy

      Reply
      • ReaganTunstall says

        May 3, 2016 at 7:30 pm

        The amounts are in the download. 🙂

        Reply

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        • 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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