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Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener Review

Hey All! These pictures makes me go, “Noooooooo!” So my students have been driving me a little crazy lately with the pencil sharpener. We have an electric one that is very good – I have had it for at least 4 years and I have repaired it probably 6 times

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Spring has Sprung Poetry Blog Hop!

Happy National Poetry Month! I am so excited to have joined in with some other teacher bloggers for a poetry hop to celebrate! After you check out my post, be sure to head over to Second Gradalicious’ blog here to see what she posted (or click on her cute button at

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St. Patrick’s Day Graphing Freebie

Hi everyone! Here is a quick post on a sunny Sunday ( yay) to share a Leprechaun graphing freebie. I use it with my second graders but your 1st and 3rd graders might get some mileage out of it too . Click on the link to snag it!

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Currently March!

I am linking up again with Farley at Oh boy Fourth Grade for the Currently Linky. For the last question you have to guess what the question was, so please comment and tell me what you think, and do you agree?

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Five for Friday

It is Friday and I am back with Five for Friday! Linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching!  I always have to have a pic of my handsome boy, so here is an adorable (IMHO) shot of him sleeping away. He looks sooo tired!  We JUST Had our 100th day of school

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Valentine Ideas -Candy, No-Candy, Crafty and More!

Valentine’s Day  is approaching, Groundhog Day has passed. Where did the time go? I had my students make a class list as a handwriting lesson and they brought it home to help them address their Valentines. One girl goes, “Oh I already addressed all mine.” This was on January 30,

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Currently February

It’s Time to link u p to Farley at Oh Boy Third Grade for Currently. Here’s mine! So the 2 truths and a fib…. 1. I go to Starbucks almost daily. So true! I actually just ordered some Mocha Powder though and I have some espresso beans so I can

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Valentine Mailbox Ideas and a Lil’ Freebie

This weekend I realized I need to send out my pre-Valentine’s Day letter to all the parents. That means it is almost time to do the exchange of Valentines itself and that may mean it’s time for kids or even the teacher to make their own Valentine box or bag.

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