2014 – Mrs Jones's Class

Easy fall bulletin board

Hey everyone! It is FALL, people! 🙂 Now that the back to school rush and excitement are a thing of the past, we are all

This & That

Hey everyone! Good news… we are in the second week of 5th grade…. and… I AM ALIVE!!! (!) Actually, alive & IN LOVE! No, really.

Before + After Classroom Pics!

So we went back for meetings, meetings, meetings this week, but in between I put the finishing touches on my room and plans… and I

It’s going to be a BRIGHT year!

August 19th. It’s crunch time here on the East Coast. T-minus 2 weeks until school starts! Teachers are busy prepping their rooms and planning for

Routines, Routines, Routines!

Woot woot! This post was featured on the TpT blog! You can see it here. Never underestimate the importance of teaching routines. In every classroom

GoNoodle!! Have ya heard?!

Okay ya’ll, this is serious!! Have you HEARD of GoNoodle yet? If you are a brain-breaking classroom, then let me tell you, you are in

Playdoh + Geometry = Fun!

Hey peeps! I have been getting lots of great feedback about our Bright Ideas Link-up… so I joined in again this month to help spread

Earth Day for little people

Hey ya’ll! I’m one of those “Earth Day every day” people. I am a stickler for reusing, recycling, and trying to live as green as

Writing goals

In Kindergarten, we spend the first half of the year teaching about the basic mechanics of storytelling and writing…. that our pictures and ideas can

Building Reading Stamina in Kindergarten!

Building stamina takes lots of work in any grade level. In Kindergarten, our stamina goals change throughout the year… in September our goal might be to

Drive-by Penguin Post! {DBPP}

Totally sorry for this DBP, but I am knee-deep in report cards, lesson planning, thinking about our wacky weekend ahead, and praying for a cold

Dr. King in Kinder

So, we are finally back after our mega-extended vacation. After Christmas and New Year’s we in Buffalo, NY were lucky to be part of the “Polar

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