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My Top Ten Breakfast Foods

06/12/201806/11/2018 traci

Today I'm back with my Top Ten List. I know it's been about a year since I posted one. Today I'm going to share my Top Ten Breakfast Foods Hopefully this list will help you when you are trying to decide what to eat for breakfast. 1. Yogurt Parfait - Greek Yogurt, sometimes honey, granola,… Continue reading My Top Ten Breakfast Foods

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Top 10 Essential Road Trip Necessities

06/30/201706/16/2017 traci

Today ‘s Top 10 is My Top 10 Essential Road Trip Necessities. I’ve broken them down into my essential items, Hubby’s essential items, the boys’ essential items, and then the family’s essential items. My Essential Road Trip Items: #1 snacks #2 camera #3 phone and car charger Hubby’s Essential Road Trip Items: #4 GPS unit… Continue reading Top 10 Essential Road Trip Necessities

Sight Word Intervention

There is much debate on the importance of reading sight words in isolation. Should students being doing that or should they be reading them in phrases? When you have insecure readers, sometimes the best thing is to have them read the words in isolation first. Build up their confidence THEN have them start reading the […]

This Year

April 2017 – My principal came to my room to evaluate me for the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES). During the time she was in my room, she observed me working one on one with a student on my caseload. When she walked out of my room, she was impressed with me. She saw me […]

Primary Spelling Inventory

Thirteen or so years ago, I took a class about phonics. The professor introduced me to Words Their Way which is a systematic way to teach phonics and spelling. The program Instead of the students having a set spelling list for the week, this program is a word study. Each student is assessed using an […]

Parent Contact Sheets

It is important to keep data on your students. One way to keep data is to have a parent contact sheet. Every time you contact or attempt to contact your parent, you should keep a record of it. Am I good at keeping record of my contacts? To be honest, not always. I created a […]

Positive Messages

In the blog post State Testing Necessities for Students, I mentioned leaving positive messages to the students. What are they? and How are they beneficial? I had seen something about leaving positive messages on the desks using dry erase markers. So I decided to do that for my students. The students loved the messages. Well, […]

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