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January Currently

7:42 PM

It is the beginning of  a new year and my little blogs 1 year anniversary. I am linking up with Meghan Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade for her monthly Currently Linky party. Listening: My youngest is 9 and L-O-V-E American Girl EVERYTHING. She inherited my oldest's, ...

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New Year, New Goals for 2015

8:34 PM

2015 is right around the corner......I can't believe it! Time does fly by when you're having fun AND 2014 was great fun! I'm linking up with Jessica at Second Grade Nest to share some of my goals for 2015. Write a grant for a leveled bookroom at our school. ...

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Ahhhh....We made it!

8:53 PM

Winter break is upon me, and I-am-a-happy-camper!  The kiddos and families were really ready as well. I've spent the last several weeks thinking about what to give my kiddos for their gift from me. I've done Snowman Soup including mug for several years. One of my kiddos that ...

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Christmas Conversation with The Inspired Apple

1:28 PM

Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!  Today is Christmas Eve and I'm linking up with Abby at The Inspired Apple for her Christmas Conversation linky party! Love to read about everyone's Christmas traditions! Have a safe and wonderful season. See y'all in 2015! ...

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December Currently

7:14 PM

I've been thinking about this all week. One week late is not too late is it? Is it? I'm linking up with Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade this month to share the love! Listening: My pup is a lab/springer spaniel mix called a Springadore. Love her. She follows me to every room. ...

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Liebster Nomination

10:30 AM

I'm so excited to be nominated by Jessica Lamb at Caffeinated Curriculum  and Martinique at Ms. Perry's Peaches for the Liebster Award. This is an award for new bloggers with less than 200 followers. The first part is me answering the following 11 questions, so here ...

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Sunday Scoop (November 30, 2014)

1:18 PM

It has been ages since I blogged about anything. Just like everyone, I NEED MORE TIME!  If I didn't sleep or eat I'd have all the time in the world.  I just discovered this linky and decided to link up with Teaching Trio for The Sunday Scoop. Here is what I'm ...

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Back to School Creation #1

10:27 AM

I am so excited to share with you a blog that I am sure many of you know about already. Jessica at A Turn to Learn has the best tutorials on so many topics. This morning I was reading some of my favorite go-to blogs and started looking at classroom setups. I decided that I ...

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Worksheet Wednesday with The Teaching Tribune

10:19 AM

Hello everyone.  I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune for Worksheet Wednesday.  I created the sheet below to go with the book Leo the Late Bloomer.  I like to use it during the first few days of the school year! It is a Google Doc and you ...

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Monday Meet Up

4:16 PM

I'm linking up with The Teaching Tribune today for Monday Meet Up! Now.....head on over to The Teaching Tribune to meet someone new! ...

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Let's Talk About Books Linky!

4:28 PM

I'm linking up with Mrs. Jump's Class again for Book Talk Tuesday.  One of my favorite books to begin and end the year with is Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus. Every year we receive a new class of sweeties. They come to us at different developmental stages. ...

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July Currently

9:09 AM

What....really....July already!  And time to link up with Farley at Oh' Boy 4th Grade for her July Currently! Listening: Lonesome Dove is one of my all time favorites. My husband just has to say "Oh that Gus" and I get a little teary eyed.  Loving: Our ...

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Editable Binder Covers

6:57 AM

Happy Saturday Everyone!   I just uploaded my very first paid item on my TPT account!  I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I spent yesterday designing and watching You Tube for tips. What is it you ask?  I always create new binder covers for each ...

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Our 21st Century Coordinator is hosting several Techie Tuesdays throughout the month of June. I was out of town for the first 3 but made it for the latest one.  One of my colleagues gave a presentation on Evernote. She discussed how she uses it to plan and organize her lessons in her 5th grade science class.

It was fabulous!

Evernote is designed for note taking and archiving. A "note" can be a typed or handwritten piece of information, a voice recording, or a photo. You can also upload file attachments. 

I started thinking about using it as my "gradebook." 

I don't give grades, but I do document all the time to support my professional observations about student growth and the report card. 

This spring, I read a post on Cara Carroll's The First Grade Parade about one of her colleagues having the kiddos snap a picture of the hands-on activity they were working on in order to show her their progress. Genius!

I also saw another blog post about a teacher that uses Evernote to document and comment on her students' writing. Another Genius idea! 

At the end of the year, my next door neighbor (at school....we share a door between classrooms...It is awesome) were discussing keeping digital documents of kiddos work and not 50 million spiral notebooks along with copies of the work when Evernote popped into my mind! 

I immediately signed up for a free account.  I'll probably upgrade to premium before school starts.

I've been watching some tutorials on you tube and talking about it more with my colleagues.

I'm going to jump in with both feet and give it my all.

As I set up everything on Evernote, I'll post some pics!  

Do you use Evernote?

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