Happy Memorial Day!

I found these activities from Allison McDonald's blog, No Time for Flashcards.  She has other cool Memorial Day (or patriotic) craft tutorials on her blog.

I would like to try this next year with my class.

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This is a must-do for next year!  I think it's simple enough for a 4 and 5 year old to do!  If I can't wait an entire year, why not make one for Patriot's Day on September 11!

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...and you certainly can't pass up on a TeachersPayTeachers freebie!  Thank you 1st Grade Hip Hip Hooray for sharing!

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I hope you'll find these ideas useful.  Happy Memorial Day!

*Freebie* Super Readers Notes

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As teachers, we know that students love constant positive reinforcement.  A little notepad I  use in my classroom is the Super Reader Notepad.  I print out a couple of these and have them handy at my desk.  When students are discouraged or having a difficult time with reading, I slip them a note to tell them how wonderful they are at reading and identify their strength.  A little note changes their outlook.  This also can help boost an already strong reader to continue to work hard.  Positive reinforcement is the best way to help students grow with pride.

Download these notes for free from Teachers Pay Teachers.
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A Different Direction / Teachers Pay Teachers Freebie: Reading Comprehension

I decided to take this blog and move it forward to what my life, in general, is about.  In a nutshell, I am an elementary teacher, a crafter, a stationery/design business owner, and a trying-to-cook-gluten-free girl.  I am also in the process of planning my own wedding on a fairly tight budget.  In addition, I have been dealing with health issues that fortunately is working with me rather than against me.  I'll get into that on another time.   This blog will be my dumping ground of ME... ALL ME.

With that said, the teacher side of me decided to create a free worksheet that will be helpful in the primary grades.  As a third grade teacher, I differentiate instruction by developing worksheets that help all learners while teaching the same concept.  I do have a few students in my class where writing a summary of a story can be difficult.  It allows students to illustrate what they remembered in the story and develop a sentence based on that.  Here is a helpful worksheet to help those students.  

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The worksheet can be downloaded on TeachersPayTeachers.com.