It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Back to School Time!!

....At least that is what the media is telling us. Here in upstate New York, we have another five weeks before we go back to school, but everywhere around us, we are surrounded by Back to School sales and advertisements that have been going on since the Fourth of July weekend. Surprisingly this does not bother me at all! I LOVE it! Today I found myself wandering through Wal-Mart and Target (I am still too upset with Staples over the Teacher discounts) staring at the school supplies.  Now to people who are not teachers, you are probably thinking...

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Morning Meeting

I just read a great book by Roxann Kriete, called, The Morning Meeting Book. Now I always have a daily circle time in my kindergarten classroom, but this is differnt. Our school also participated for several years in a K-2 Morning Program that was held in the cafeteria (I LOVED this program!) Anyway, the book by Roxanne Kriete discusses the importance of holding a morning meeting in your classroom daily that encompasses the four components: Greeting Sharing Group activity Morning Message This is not circle time. It is a special time of day (15-20...

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The Versatile Blogger Award - Thank you

Many thanks to Perrine Curry from Modern Kindergarten for sending this award to me. She has an awesome blog that should definitely be checked out! I am just getting back from vacation and have been away from my blog for some time.  I will have to finish the rest of this post in the next couple of days after I catch my breath from unpacking and getting back into the swing of teaching summer school. Thanks again, Perri...

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A Blog Award

Many thanks to Jess from Blood to Books and to Ann Green from Mrs. Green's Kindergarten Korner for passing a blog award on to me. They both have great blogs that should be checked out...

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