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TO DO list

Now that July is here I' m really focusing on trying to mark things off my classroom TO DO LIST and if I can share this on Tara's Monday Made It and help another teacher then I feel SUCCESSFUL.   The 1st thing I had on my list was my WORD WORK STATION. I bou ght a 10 drawer caddy (from another teacher-SCORE!) that will become the new word wor k stati on . Pictures will come later as I get m y room together... I created some new activit ies and labels for th is sta tion t hat you can get { here }.   I don't like making copies AND it 's kind of a HUGE deal at my school so most of the acti vities can be writ ten in their WORD WORK JOURNAL or the activity does not requ ire paper copies. The WORD WORK journal will contain a small baggie stapled to the back of each compo sition journal. Th is baggie will hold their weekly words. We use Words Their Way so each child will have different words based on their needs.   T he daily schedule will be g...

It's Begininng to Look A Lot Like Christmas

We only have 3 full weeks of school before our Christmas break. Can you BELIEVE it?? Neither can I.  Look who has dropped in to the 4th grade pod.    Yes, it's Steve and Snowflake from the North Pole.  {squealing}  I'm sure every 4th grade student will be on their very best behavior for the next 3 weeks and I cannot wait to see the shenanigans from these two. Really, there is so much to do and so much to enjoy I just want time to slow down.  I spent a little time this weekend getting the classroom in the spirit.  I found 8 hours of Instrumental Christmas music on youtube.  I think that it would be so wonderful to have this quietly planning in the background as the students were working.  {squeal}  Click on the link below if you need some wonderful mellow music to play in  your room too. ;-) 8 hours of Instrumental Christmas Music   I also have some wonderful activities planned for stations for the next 3 weeks....