Sunday already? Eek! This week flew by, and so did the weekend. This is upcoming week is actually my last week of school! To keep the kids entertained while still teaching “bell to bell,” we’ll be doing some fun review of our year. One of the units I always wish I had more time to […]
Happy Weekend! :o) I am going to cheat a little for Joanne’s linky today… Instead of sharing how to motivate students, I thought at this time of year, all of us teachers might need a little motivation! I have used this teacher memory book from Collaboration Cuties the last few years, and it not only […]
Happy Wednesday! For the next two weeks, we are sharing our favorite books we use to wrap up the year- you can share book club books, read-alouds, whatever! You can also share activities that go along with the book- please link up blog posts though, and not product links so we can read about and […]
Check out my week! We officially are in the single digits- NINE days left, and only one Friday with kids! Summer is so close, I can taste it! This week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and on Monday, all of the kids brought in flowers! Look how beautiful!! I so enjoyed looking at them (and smelling […]
I am returning this week for Wordless Wednesday! We finished five days of state testing yesterday, so I thought I would share how we celebrated! I did this last year, too! The students write down all of their worries/stresses about the test on colorful paper. Then, I have them cut it up small so that […]
We are about to be in FULL TESTING MODE here in Ms. Ivey’s class. Desks separated, walls covered… the whole nine yards. To get the kids excited (as if, right?) I leave them a testing treat and note to find each morning on their desk. They keep the treat for when the test is completely […]