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I'm linking up with a bunch one of my wonderful Primary Pack friends Ashley over at One Sharp Bunch for a 20% sale today and tomorrow! Now, I'm not a huge football fan, BUT I grew up in Indianapolis. Naturally, every Colts fan simply cannot root for the Patriots. Never. Not going to happen. So today I'll be cheering on the Seahawks, but I'm most looking forward to the commercials... and the food. I love an evening of munching on appetizer dips and treats. Anyway, I thought I'd take a quick post to share with you some of the best sales going on in my store that could be perfect for kiddos this winter! And don't worry, I'm sharing with you resources that are NOT seasonal, so you can use them whenever your kiddos are ready! My 2nd grade kiddos are working on 2-3 digit addition and subtraction, so I've created some fun CandyLand type games for them to play. You can snag these for only $1.20 each!  Click on the pictures of each product for links to my shop.

I've had a few questions on how I manage a 1st/2nd split with math, and I thought I'd take a quick post to share with you! By no means do I have it all figured out... It's taken A LOT of trial and error and conversations with my coworkers. I'm thankful for the awesome people I get to work with who are invested in helping each other! My class is made up of high-level first graders and average-level second graders. My first graders are smarties. No joke. Seriously, it's been SO fun to be their teacher. They catch on to new material so quickly! They're very high readers, so differentiating for my class in reading isn't bad at all. However, math is a different story. As I'm sure many of you know, first grade and second grade math is crucial. My firsties are bright, but in no way are they ready for 2nd grade math.  My math block this year looks a bit like this: When my class was set-up, the big factor we needed to figure out was, "How the heck should we

I've been the definition of BUSY as we've started back at school this week. As many of you know, my school has been under renovation, and I moved into my brand new classroom over the break! I can't tell you how absolutely BEAUTIFUL it is. Brand new cabinets (we had ZERO before). Matching tables. Built in teacher desk. Everything at KID level. I. Am. Obsessed. And I've become an organizing monster (I'm a bit proud of myself, actually). But... while that is all VERY exciting, it's also been stressful and crazy busy! I've had to teach routines and procedures double time because the kids don't know where anything is! And I still don't have it all memorized. On Monday it took me a good five minutes to figure out where I put the markers I designated for chart paper. Whoops. Anyway, I'll be posting a classroom tour here in the next week or two. I'm still working on getting everything put together, and luckily I have some of the the best classroom mo