Month: April 2012

April 30, 2012

I was going to wait until later in the week to post this but I am too excited! The fabulous ladies at “In A Pikle” have agreed to offer a free “In A Pikle” bag to one of my lucky followers. I have this very same bag and I love it. I carry it everywhere….

April 29, 2012

Yesterday, I went to Target and found these fun StarMallows. I think these are supposed to be for Fourth of July but I thought these would be fun for a few math activities.  We are working on graphing and probability right now so I created two sheets to use with the StarMallows. Click here to…

April 25, 2012

Well, I’ve been a bit absent this week and it’s all because of standardized testing. It’s wearing me out. This is the first time that we’ve tested in 2nd grade in a while. Needless to say, Friday can’t get here soon enough. 2 more days! I’m excited to announce a great clipart giveaway. Jaime at…

April 21, 2012

I received an exciting thing in the mail this week — a Easi-Speak Recordable Microphone from Learning Resources.    I won it during Jenn from Finally in First‘s giveaway week.  This thing is amazing. It is about the size of my hand and has so many uses.   I was amazed to find out all that…

April 17, 2012

I found this great new book at my local library and just had to share. It’s called “Shark vs. Train” by Chris Barton. In this book, a shark and a train go against each other in various challenges.  All the kids loved this book, especially the boys. They have asked me to read it everyday….

April 15, 2012

I don’t know about you but I love giving my students fun gifts at the end of the year. I’ve seen tons of great ideas on Pinterest but I would love to see what you do for your kiddos. So I’m hosting an End of the Year Gift Linky Party. Grab a copy of this…

April 15, 2012

My Teacher’s Notebook store is also 15% off. My sales will run through tomorrow. Happy shopping!

April 15, 2012

I’m finally finished with all the Treasures units. That’s a big signal to me that the end of the year is almost here. We have 2 more units to teach, a week of testing, and a few fun weeks and we are finished!  The last unit in our Treasures series is “Babu’s Song.” It’s a…