Today is just one of those days... one of those days when I wish I could join Alexander and skip out on this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. {Having to retype this post, even after I saved it due to a blogger glitch...grr.}
Glitches with state testing, no-shows for meetings, schedules being toppled, and all sorts of fun things like that have made today oh so wonderful.
But, enough of the pitty party.
I'm linking up with Manic Monday {boy, isn't that the truth!} and my first Monday Made It to share a few things I've been up to... bad day and all!
One of the things I love most about blogging are the incredible ideas out there, and the people behind them. One such idea comes from Ashley Pennell, another first year teacher, from That's So Second Grade: Common Core Organization with labels!!
You can read about what she did here. Here are a couple of pictures from her revamped filing cabinets.
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| Source: That's So Second Grade |
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| Source: That's So Second Grade |
A couple of weeks ago, during a workday, I revamped my room. I tackled the
| Did I remember to take a picture of my actual labels at school? A tape/paper version shown for a visual. |
I've seen this test taking strategies poster floating around Pinterest, and being a 1-1 iPad school I had to replicate it.
Whew! The internet has been bizzerk here tonight. I'm stopping while this post will still save. Here's hoping the rest of the week gets better and it goes quick (spring break next week!)





