tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63606858665714522382024-03-13T18:19:29.320-07:00Miss Augustine's KinderLauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-4692953453606662292014-07-14T17:25:00.001-07:002014-07-14T17:30:55.604-07:00Photo Ideas & New UnitWell I have been busy these first few weeks of summer working on a new unit! My new school's kindergarten spends the first 2 weeks every year doing "Camp Kindergarten" where they really focus on routines, procedures, all that fun and exciting kindergarten stuff! :) They end the unit with a rotation of all the classrooms and different fun activities the kids get to do with the other teachers on our team. Sounds fun!! :) So I am working on changing some of my beginning of the year stuff to more of a camping theme which has kept me busy.<br />
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The other thing that I have been busy at work on... and frying my eyes from staring at the computer for too long is my photography business. I have been doing photography on the side for a year or two now as something fun I enjoy to do to make a little extra cash. Well the more sessions I have done the more it's sort of taken off on it's own! So this summer I have been working on getting my new website up and running as well as editing photos! I am hosting some mini sessions here in the next few weeks for back to school. I am pretty excited about how my preview session turned out and think the sessions I have coming up will be super cute! :)<br />
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<br />Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-82101296466812317752014-07-07T19:26:00.000-07:002014-07-07T19:26:54.521-07:00Monday... I am pretty proud of myself!! I have been quite productive for a Monday.<br />
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1. Woke up and dropped my summer school stuff off at my new school... and got totally overwhelmed once again by the MESS that is my classroom. But her!! I marked on of my items on the Bloghoppin 2014 Scavenger hunt! :) Follow me on instagram by clicking <a href="http://instagram.com/hayitsla" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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2. After leaving the school I got some Chipotle for my lunch. I started the 24 day challenge today! Day 1 cleansing has been a success! :)<br />
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3. Went to the grocery store. There was definitely a power outage in the midst of my shopping. That was a first... The high school boys were for sure enjoying pretending to rob each other in the darkness of the store, ha!<br />
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4. I came home and worked on some classroom decor with my new purple cow laminator. I am obsessed!!!<br />
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<br />Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-19258407083735958612014-07-01T21:12:00.000-07:002014-07-01T21:12:23.895-07:00Summer ChallengeNow that summer school is over I am about to get back to my healthy habits!!! End of the year makes for a rough go at it health wise! When 2014 rolled around I finally decided to give Crossfit a try. I was so intimidated by the sport, but see the amazing things people do/accomplish that I finally worked up the nerve to do it! I started a cleanse and began eating as clean as I could (had to have my nightly glass of "milk" as we call it at my school...) when I started cross fit and did really well with it. people were noticing a change in me... even better... I was noticing a change in me. I worked very hard at not focusing on the scale but more so about how I felt and the changes I could see with my body. I knew I was gaining tons of muscle so I didn't want to get defeated with a number.<br />
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Well, life and school for sure got in the way of all of this. April/May rolled around and we all know how the end of the year is + packing/moving campuses + preparing for summer school. Alright... YES, those are all a bunch of really lame excuses and someone should virtually slap me.<br />
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Tomorrow is the final day of summer school, which means endless amounts of time and ZERO excuses. I am already planning on being at my Box for 9 am class on Thursday... my first official day of summer! :)<br />
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On top of getting back to the gym I am going to start my 24 Day GROUP Challenge with some friends. I love Advocare and all of their products. I love how I feel on (well... about day 4) the cleanse and the results I get. I am excited to do it with my sister and the whole Advocare team! It's a corporate challenge so it should be a big deal- lots of tips, recipes, etc! If you're interested in joining the challenge, comment or email me!<br />
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Alright friends, I am up way past my bed time! I need lots of energy for my LAST DAY of school! :) I will be posting about grocery prep and other things later this week!<br />
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Enjoy your night!!Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-26918348562153494762014-06-18T08:26:00.001-07:002014-06-21T19:20:33.645-07:00My life (school life) is a mess!AH Saturday! :) No summer school today so I am having a great day! Enjoying some R&R. Hopefully everyone is enjoying their weekend.<br />
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Well... I had to drop some stuff off to my new school earlier this week. I had not been there since my things had been delivered. I am blessed to work in a district that moves your things for you as long as you are just transferring campuses SO I only had to tag/label every item...pack... and pile it all up! They placed everything on pallets, wrapped it up and forklifted it out of there! There were a few items I just felt it easier to take over myself (big books, and random boxes).<br />
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This is what I saw while I was there.<br />
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So needless to say, I've got my work cut out for me!!! I can't get in until the end of July which is probably a good thing in that it forces me to enjoy my summer and take a break but it is making me feel a little overwhelmed. It will all work out though, always does! :)<br />
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<br />Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-48671083489436520322014-06-12T12:54:00.000-07:002014-06-12T12:54:16.336-07:00I'mmmmm BAAACKI say that in more than one way. :)<br />
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1. Time to dust off the cobwebs and get back to blogging. I do not have a legitimate excuse as to why I have been MIA this school year. My class was FAB, first grade was marvelous, life was good. Just blogging was not my number 1 priority! I wanted to focus on learning the curriculum this year rather than be all over pinterest or blog stalking... which is silly, i know. I did still do some stalking, just not as much in years past! :)<br />
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2. I am moving back to Kindergarten! So a) my blog name applies to what I am doing again and b) back to my old "stomping ground" if you will. Now, don't get me wrong. I absolutely LOVED first grade but there were also things I desperately missed about kindergarten. So, this is a bitter sweet move for sure... excited to get back to the amazing parts of kinder though and <strike>flash forward through the first 2-3 months of school </strike> and see those sweet babies on the first day of school!!<br />
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Not only am I moving back to kindergarten but I am also moving to a new school. This has been a change I have been craving for quite some time. I am so incredibly excited for a new adventure next year, new community, new coworkers, the whole shebang. It was for sure an emotional exit leaving the place I found myself as an educator and have spent the<u> last 7 years of my life</u>, but it's a great change! :)<br />
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I am excited for a new year and lots of new things I want to put in place in my classroom such as Daily Five & Guided Math. I will be sharing more about that later. I first must survive Summer School! :(<br />
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Stay Tuned...Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-59705419355917670792013-09-17T17:36:00.001-07:002013-09-17T17:36:26.314-07:00Bulletin Board BANANZAAAA!Can I just say...<br />
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Today, I don't know what got into me but I was crazy productive! I got 2 bulletin boards done, along with several other little odds and ends. But I wanted to share my boards with you because, I am obsessed!<br />
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First off is my writing bulletin board. We have been talking about the different ways we can write as a writer, so this pinterest inspired bulletin board is now almost complete! : )<br />
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Second Board: My Reading Level Achievement. I did something similar with my kids last year and it really encouraged OWNERSHIP with them! They really loved it! So this year I went off of our school mascot: Tigers. So, our theme song is the new Katy Perry song, Roar! I changed the wording a tad and made it apply to reading. I loooove it!<br />
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"I've got the eye of the tiger... and you're gonna hear me read!" (yes, I know an "n" is missing... dang auto correct deleted my extra n!!! that will be corrected tomorrow! :)<br />
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Happy ALMOST Hump day!Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-64069926596893706062013-09-02T19:36:00.001-07:002013-09-02T19:36:54.780-07:00Well, Hello September! Let me start by saying that I LOVE FIRST GRADE!!! :) I survived my first week in first and let me just say that it's a BREEZE compared to what I am used to this time of year! I giggled as I saw the little ones walking in the hall and thought to myself-- i am in Heaven! :)<br />
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Well, I am linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Farley from OH Boy 4th Grade</a> for her September Currently. I thought I would try to squeeze in a quick blog post before bed for one of my fav linkys! :)<br />
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I also wanted to share that being an insta-addict I am joining <a href="http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/2013/09/september-photo-day-teacher-challenge.html" target="_blank">CF Classroom</a> in their instagram picture a day for September! You can follow me on instagram...username "hayitsla". You should join up to! Just hashtag #cfclassroom</div>
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Lastly-- <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/School-Rules-Book-858521" target="_blank">check out my TPT store! </a>I just posted a cute little book on rules. We have been talking about rules and the importance of rules this week so I thought this book would be a fun way to "wrap up" the unit! </div>
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Happy Sunday! I cannot believe I am saying this but it is officially the last week of summer, and a CRAZY one at that! I have trainings, projects and my best friend in the whole world is getting hitched on Saturday! This gal is hoppin on a plane on Friday morning to the great state of Michigan! (Well I am not sure how GREAT the state is, I've never been there, but I am very excited!)</div>
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In honor of the last week of summer I have a few exciting things to share! First of all tomorrow starts Teacher Week!!! I am so excited! You can join the party by clicking the button below. </div>
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The adorable image below has all the deets you need to know to participate in teacher week! :) I will be posting bright and early! Hope you all join in the fun!</div>
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In other news, I have posted my August and September writing journals with prompts! I am pretty excited about them! I am going to use them as morning work. My kiddos will start these after writing their learning goals for the day in their planner. You can check it out by clicking the picture below. And... **The 1st 3 people to follow and comment on this blog post can snag this packet for FREE!**<br />
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I am shooting to have the October journal finished this week and continue these monthly! I will take 1 grade at the end of the month using the rubric that's included in the pack for a writing grade. The prompts this month are pretty basic, I plan to beef them up a little more as the year goes on but I figured beginning of the year-- let's keep it basic! :) </div>
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In even more news, I am jumping on this bandwagon a little late, but I have been reading <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545133610?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0545133610&linkCode=xm2&tag=kindersmiles-20" target="_blank">The Next Step in Guided Reading</a> </u>I am LOVING this book so far.... like totes love! :) </div>
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I am getting tons of awesome ideas! I am revamping my Readers response journals some, and trying something new! I am going to add some vocabulary pages in the journal, a reading log and a weekly assignment to write and tell me about their reading this week! I am working on some freebies to post this week that go along with my reading, so be on the look out for those! : )</div>
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This is a little preview, since room photos are going to be shared later this week...but I just HAD to share my achievement of the day! My word wall has been the BANE of my exsistance for a few weeks now. After 5 attempts I FINALLY got it to look the way I wanted. :) I love it! </div>
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I must get back to my 24 marathon! I read online Jack Bauer is coming back for another season-- I FREAKED OUT! I love love love love me some 24....so I was stoked to hear this news!</div>
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Good Luck to everyone that is going back to school tomorrow! :) Hope it's a great day!Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-51723592395428306382013-08-06T20:02:00.003-07:002013-08-06T20:02:35.480-07:00busy bee...short & sweet!PHEW!<br />
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I am exhausted! Maybe I will actually fall asleep at a decent time :) I have a very "intense" (so I am told) training tomorrow for instructional rounds. I am VERY excited about this opportunity! I filled out a questionnaire and was chosen for this by my new principal! It's a district initiative where every school comes up with a "problem of practice". This is basically objectives the school as a whole are focusing on targeting and improving. We really began this last year and I was fortunate to participate in internal rounds (only your school) so I am looking forward to learning more about the process and participating on a larger scale! All that to say... I NEED to get to finishing my assigned reading from this juicy book.<br />
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I wanted to share an item I will be putting in my store tomorrow, hopefully! It's all finished for the most part! :) In the morning's when my kiddos come in I have them copy their objectives for the day in their planner. After they copy the objectives I want them to get out their morning journal and complete the prompt provided. I am going to try to stay on top of this for the year! Monthly journals that include the cover, writing page, prompts and rubric. I will take a grade once a month for writing looking over their journals. I need to finish the rubric and add it before I post the finished product. I am really happy with how they turned out and hope you take some time to check it out. I think my kids are going to enjoy them! Of course, I kept the months of August/September pretty basic with the prompt... come October, it's on!! (ease into this routine a bit!) </div>
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Anyway- look at me, I am making a blogging comeback! Stay tuned tomorrow for the finished product!! </div>
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I am totally loving this B2SB giveaway party!!! :) A lot of my faves are putting this on and I am so excited to share, if you haven't checked it out... get on it! (even though that takes away the likely hood of me winning! ha) </div>
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Look at that 2 posts in one day! SHOCKER!</div>
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It's August... Already? :( The tears are about start flowing!!! It's such a bitter sweet feeling. I feel like time is about to start flying. EEK! </div>
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1. So, I started watching <i>Orange Is The New Black</i> on netflix. I have flown through all of my usual go to shows this summer so I had to find something new. I am a fan of the show!! I am only on the second episode though, so well see... I am intrigued. </div>
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4. I have been having an itch for a printer! I am looking at this HP one... maybe itll be a little back to school gift to myself?! :)</div>
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5. I hate worrying about finances! Such a stress...hence, I would love to win the lottery and not worry about money. problem solved!! :)</div>
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I've been working on my learning targets for my first grade class. We have to post "i can" statements every day covering the objectives we are teaching. I am hoping I am done with them at some point this week! :) </div>
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Oh...and hop over and link up!Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-81219976568125745662013-07-21T20:00:00.001-07:002013-07-21T20:00:52.835-07:00Excited to share....I am very excited to share (and shocked that I hadn't yet) That I will be moving up to first grade with my kiddos this next school year!!! =) I have been a little MIA between that change, helping with interviews, summer school and I am just now getting to relax and enjoy summer.... if you want to call it relaxing. :P<br />
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I am SUPER excited about this new chapter in my teaching life-- and even more excited that I get to do it with my kiddos from this past year. I will however no longer get to be self contained, which is a HUGE bummer, but can't get everything you want in life I guess??? I will be teaching Reading, Writing, Word Study and Social Studies and have a pretty awesome partner doing the Math and Science! : ) I have been a busy bee working on some new units and management materials! I posted this word wall packet in my TPT store earlier this week, so you should hop on over and check it out! :)<br />
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In other news... I start my 2nd 24 day challenge tomorrow. I am READY!!! I have not been eating too healthy at all this summer, so I am ready to cleanse and get feeling good. :)Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-47366114000635062392013-05-07T08:29:00.001-07:002013-05-07T08:29:19.487-07:00TPT Sale!! Be sure that you check out this awesome sale! Happy Teacher's Appreciation week! :) Hope you are made to feel special! <br />
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Hope everyone has a fantastic Tuesday! Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-37350080560708508582013-04-05T17:22:00.003-07:002013-04-05T17:22:31.979-07:005 for Friday!Well, I am linking up for the first time ever with Doodle Bugs teaching on their five for friday linky party! =)<br />
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1. I left work after the kiddos left and I went to enjoy this BEAUTIFUL day at the dog park with my favorite guy, Dakota! :) He's currently passed out napping now.<br />
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2. My dinner tonight. I am participating in the Advocare 24 day challenge with some girlfriends from work. Typically a few of us go to our favorite watering hole on Friday's after work but I am being good and sticking with the cleanse. This is my water (pretending it's a beer) and my chili (pretending it is wings and cheese fries!)</div>
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3. Being on this cleanse.... I hear you have lots of energy... well, that energy hasn't hit me yet so I am already tucked into bed about to watch one of my favorite shows, New Girl! =)</div>
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4. I am just plain proud of this... and theres lots of day left!! </div>
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5. This is the blog my lovely teacher friends and I are writing while we do the challenge. Come check us out, we could use some followers/love/support =) (click the photo for the link to the blog!)</div>
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Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-52982058627183167172013-04-03T15:47:00.001-07:002013-04-03T15:47:38.023-07:00Currently...and....24 day challenge!Hello!<br />
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Well, I feel like I have said this on every post "recently" but I have been MIA! Life is crazy this year. New administration is exhausting, just figuring things out. Student teachers=awesome but exhausting... which leads me into my point... I am exhausted... and the last thing I have felt like doing once I am home is to look at a computer! : ( So I have neglected my blog.<br />
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First off- April Currently...<br />
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A few of my favorite teacher friends and I are doing the advocate 24 day challenge together. Today was our first day and I am stoked! I feel great and am really excited to see the results in the end. Hop on over to our blog to follow us, join us, grab some recipes, and see what works for us! It's BRAND new, and it's 6 of us blogging! Hope you come follow us, there may or may not be an advocare give away coming soon so be on the look out! WARNING: the layout is awful, and a work in progress-- don't judge just yet! :) </div>
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Unfortunately, I do not have much to post about at the moment... but here is a look at my week!!<br />
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We are celebrating Presidents Day-- ALL week! Today we learned about Washington, tomorrow will be Lincoln and then we will compare the 2 on Wednesday. We will wrap up the week talking about American Symbols. Most of this can be found in the fabulous Deanna Jump's unit: America.<br />
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In Math we started our Shapes unit- yes, it's February and Investigations holds off on shapes until now? Not my FAV thing but it is what it is! We just wrapped up some addition/subtraction (and will continue to work on it as the year progresses) and I have got a few fabulous games that my kiddos LOVE to share with you.<br />
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This game works with kids on the "counting on" strategy. I teach my kids to focus on the yellow number dice and use that as their starting number...then count on 1, 2, or 3 whatever they rolled with the dot dice. This has really helped my kiddos move from counting all to counting on! I will upload and share a **FREEBIE** of this with you tomorrow!! =)<br />
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Hope everyone has had a fabulous Monday.Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-36943741258556979472013-01-14T19:48:00.001-08:002013-01-14T19:48:43.085-08:00Guided Reading Lesson Plans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was working on my lesson plans for GR this week and finally decide to change the page I use up. I was using a page per group per day. It was getting a little ridiculous! SO i decided to squeeze it all into one nice little spread sheet. :) Make life more simple. I group my kiddos by "color" so I have blue, green, purple, yellow, orange, etc. group.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on our way out today the kids had to tell me what "stuck" with them from penguins today =)<br />they're so smart! We will use the penguin to label the parts tomorrow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we read a non fiction book and watched a few national geographic short videos on penguins and completed out Can/Have/Are anchor chart. They then did their own individual page that will go in their non fiction book. </td></tr>
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Stay tuned tomorrow for another Freebie for counting on in math! It is out of my winter unit that is in the works.<br />
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Have a great evening!! =)Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-9048130335271504742013-01-13T19:15:00.001-08:002013-01-13T19:15:09.717-08:00100th Day of SchoolI cannot believe it's almost the 100th day!! Last year my kiddos did a poster project that they completed at home. We shared it and they hung in the hallway on display. I blew the file up on the copy machine to fit on the large sized construction paper. (poster size)<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend and wishing you a fabulous week!</span></div>
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Happy Monday!! Well, I wont say it was happy... but it ended happy. Kickboxing + best friends + glass of wine + biggest loser... good ending to the day. OMG! Anyone else watching the biggest loser? Love it and the focus on childhood obesity brings tears to my eyes because it is SUCH a problem! Gah, I think the show just does a wonderful thing for people and it is so inspiring. We do a lot in my class for National Heart Month and I think were really going to go the extra mile this year. :) I will keep you posted and share some of things we will be doing soon.<br />
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<strike>Before I went on my Biggest Loser tangent </strike>I wanted to hop on and write real quick and share something we are doing tomorrow morning for word work. We are shifting our focus in class from beginning sounds to ending sounds. (kind of nervous, well see how it goes) I made this page to go along with the lesson. You can click the image to download for **free** Here is a preview...<br />
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We had a work day today and I am pooped.. but I am SOOOOO excited to see my little ones tomorrow! :) Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!<br />
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I can't believe that the break is over. I am so sad!! But on the bright side... only half a year left??? And I have a TON to do! sheesh! Thankfully tomorrow is a work day and I can get a lot done (fingers crossed!) I am going to have a "do not enter sign" on my door- I am awful at chatting away with my coworkers. eeek!<br />
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Anyway, this week we are focusing on winter. It's going to be a fun one! I am almost done with my winter unit so keep on the look out! =)<br />
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This week in homework we are starting our spelling program! I am trying something new out so hopefully it goes well. You can check it out in my TpT store or previous blog. =) Hope everyone has a great week back!Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-90511941374006813662013-01-03T19:40:00.002-08:002013-01-04T09:58:03.917-08:00Sight Work Homework/Spelling & give away!I can't believe break is almost over!! So sad but it will be an exciting and hopefully smoother second half of the year! This year is my first year to have a student observer and surprise!!! I have 2! I am excited/nervous... you know, the unknown is always a little nerve racking. :) I was blessed to have a WONDERFUL mentor teacher when I was student teaching and she inspired me to give back a little. Hopefully my girls love it!<br />
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Anyway, I do weekly homework with my kids and with this group being a little lower than my previous groups I decided to hold off on the spelling part of our homework and really focus in on beginning sounds and word work activities. Well, now that we are half way through (almost) I am going to give sight work/spelling a try!<br />
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In years past, I have used common sight words. Our districts adoption is word families but the words are so random-- nothing that are kiddos are going to use while reading. We, as a team, felt like our kiddos benefitted more from sight words. One thing i've always noticed though is the kids practice the words for a week and most of the ones that need to retain those words and use them, dont.... SO, I am trying something new this year.<br />
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I am hoping to spend 2 weeks on the same 10 words. So each list lasts 2 weeks. The first week we will focus on <i>reading</i> the words. The second week we will focus on <i>writing</i> the words. I am starting this next week so let's see how this goes!! You can download week 1 & 2 on my TpT store... please let me know what you think! Hopefully this works to tie in with you homework and help improve your kiddos reading and writing!<br />
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Be sure you stop by and check out my TpT store! Sale is going until tomorrow!! =)Lauren Augustinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509271615103414931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360685866571452238.post-22858804614286135702013-01-01T18:22:00.001-08:002013-01-01T18:37:40.982-08:00New Year & Currently.... Happy New Year!! 2013 is going to be my year, I am so excited for all the things that are to come. :)<br />
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I think all of these are pretty self explanatory but I did want to share my OLW. I think 2013 is going to be full of a lot of changes for me. I am going to find a new school, and that new job may or may not require a move! I have been in Dallas my whole life and I am ready for something new and exciting, I am ready for a CHANGE. I also plan on continuing kick boxing and that will hopefully help CHANGE my bod! I am sure there will be some other changes in there! =-)<br />
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