2nd Grade GPS for science and ss

To all my fellow 2nd grade Georgia teachers, I have created posters for the GPS for science and social studies as well as essential questions to go with each unit. You can find them over at my tpt store. I hope these can be useful to you!

My good friend, Amanda Woods, also has some great resources over in her tpt store to go with our units, so you should check those out too!

Hope everyone is having a great week! It's definitely FALL Y'ALL here in Georgia :)

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Update (Can You Believe It??)

Hey everyone!!!! I know, I know, I've fallen off the face of the earth with this little blog!!! But I really do have a good excuse... I was pregnant and under a lot of stress trying to get through work, plan for a baby, and chase my toddler around all at the same time. So now that I'm BACK, let me introduce to you our sweet little bless:

GRACIE JUNE DARLEY
born July 22, 2013
weighed 6lbs 11oz
19 inches long

Now we have a sweet little family of four!

Since I start back work next Tuesday, I am throwing a 20% off BACK FROM MATERNITY LEAVE sale over at my Tpt Store today through Saturday. Go check it out :)

I will be back to blog soon!

~Amy

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Mini-Unit!

Ok, I've been MIA! I know!!! But my life is kind of crazy right now!

I have been trying to get this unit done for a while and it's finally done to share with you!!! :) I can't wait to use it with my own kiddos.

I have created a mini-unit {a week long} for the book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. I absolutely LOVE this book! There are TONS of activities in this unit for reading and ELA skills, as well as some math centers, reading centers, and fun science experiments. You can find it at my Tpt store for only $5.00. I hope you ENJOY!

Hope you're having a great Thursday!!!! TG tomorrow's Friday!!!! :)

~Amy

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ANNOUNCING...

Hey swee blogger friends! My little boy, Caycen, wanted to make an announcment:



We are super excited!!! The due date is August 5th :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful break and that it wasn't too rough getting back in the swing of things.

~Amy

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New Year's Resolution Linky

I am linking up with the one and only Amy Lemons to tell some of my NEW YEAR'S resolutions :)



so here is my list:

1. Exercise at least 3 to 4 times a week. I think I'm going to start YOGA!

2. Put together AT LEAST one playdate a month for my little man to play with all his friends {and of course for us mommies to get some chat in too}



{this was when my baby was still a baby!!! He's such a big boy now!}



3. Work more on units for common core after putting Caycen to bed a few nights a week.

4. More date nights with the hubby!

5. I want to get more organized with my daily schedule and be sure to make sure to devote time every day to spending time with the Lord.

Well that's my list. Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL New Year!!!

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12 in 12 Linky

I know it's not 12/12/12 anymore, but I still wanted to do this linky party... SO I'm linking up with the ladies at "Miss Kindergarten" and "A Teeny Tiny Teacher' for the 12 in 12 linky party. Here are 12 of my favorite things!

(12) Favorite movie you watched
The HUNGER GAMES had to be my FAVORITE movie of the year and right after that would have to be Breaking Dawn Part 2

(11) Favorite TV series

I am STILL in love with Grey's Anatomy! After all these seasons I would have thought I would fall off the band wagon and get bored... but no! I still cry almost every episode!!!

(10) Favorite restaurant

My favorite restaraunt is probably the mexican restaraunt near my house, Jalapenos.  We usually go every Friday night!!! Oh and of course I still LOVE Chick-fil-a!!!

(9) Favorite new thing you tried

This is a tough one... I guess I could say my favorite thing I've tried is making my own Christmas wreath. I found the idea on pinterest and then this is how it turned out:

(8) Favorite gift you got

My favorite gift this year was definitely our hard wood floors! My husband surprised me for our anniversary and had hard wood floors put in our house while we were vacationing at the beach... when we got home I was SO shocked!!!!

(7) Favorite thing you pinned

I absolutely loved this idea of using glitter to make a Reindeer for Christmas decorations...

so I took the idea and decided to do a footprint Rudolph with my 18 month old's foot. He LOVED crafting with his mama :)

Here is a picture of what we did:

I got this one for the fall. I have gotten tons of compliments on it.

(6) Favorite blog post

I absolutely LOVE reading Amy Lemons' blog over at "Step Into Second Grade". This particular post was had some ideas for regrouping that I used in my classroom and the kids absolutely LOVED! Thank you Amy for always having such wonderful posts!

You can read the post here:

(5) Best accomplishment

Hmm... one big accomplishment is that my little blog has reached 100 followers :) I know that's not a WHOLE lot, but I would just love for my blog to keep growing. I really want to be able to help other teachers just as some of the bloggers I follow have helped me in my classroom!

(4) Favorite picture

These pictures were taken a few weeks ago for our family Christmas card and I absolutely LOVE them!

(3) Favorite memory

My favorite memory is probably my son's first birthday party. We did a "Where the Wild Things Are" birthday theme and had SO.MUCH.FUN. planning his special day. We enjoyed the day with tons of friends and family who just love my little man! You can read all about his party here, on my personal blog.

(2) Goal for 2013

 To serve more. I absolutely LOVE getting to serve others, but I don't have the time to do it as much as I would like. I want to clear some things out of my schedule in order to make some time to serve more in the community and at church.

(1) One little word

Blessed

God has truly blessed me and my family, and I could not be any more proud to say that I am a follower of Christ. I am so in love with our God and am truely grateful for all the He has give me.

Hope you enjoyed reading my 12 in 12 :)

Amy

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LMN Tree: Wrap Up the Year Sale Linky!

LMN Tree: Wrap Up the Year Sale Linky!



Everything is 20 percent off today through the 15th! Go stock up :)

Amy

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SCOOTPAD

Have you all heard of SCOOTPAD?

It is AMAZING!!!! I was just introduced to this WONDERFUL website and my students absolutely LOVE it!

If you haven't heard of it, I'll tell you a little about it.

First of all it's a website where students can practice every single standard in math and reading on the computer. They can practice at school and at home. And the BEST part is that the website is ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!! There is even an app for it if you have an ipad.

I got my students excited about it by telling them it was kinda like "FACEBOOK" for kids.  The kids were giving me all kinds of "oohs" and "ahhs" when I told them that.

How to start:

Go to scootpad.com and create a free account. Then you can add a class and add students. You can even make up your own usernames for your students (which I just used their AR usernames so they would have one less login to have to remember). Next, your students can just log in and start working through the units and earning coins for rewards that YOU make for them.

After your kids have logged on and done some of the units, you will be able to view reports. My students are competing against each other to have the most points at the end of the week. They can play at school and at home. I absolutely LOVE this because they are working to earn coins, but learning at the same time.

This is a screen shot of our class "wall" where students can write comments. (Aren't these comments funny?)

Here is a screen shot of our rewards in our classroom. My students are working hard for these!

And here is a screen shot showing all of the different topics that are covered in math (they have this for reading too). You can also choose to add topics from different grade levels for remediation or enrichment as well.

You should definitely check this website out!!!! My kids get on Scootpad for one of our math groups and one of our reading groups. I just had to share because it's probably my new favorite website to use in the classroom.

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!

Amy



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