Mystery Box, March!

March is roaring in like a lion for sure!

Especially cuz the Mystery Box is baaaack!!!

Hopefully you'll win the GRAND PRIZE worth over $200 or even one of the fabulous Runner Up Prizes. 

Now wouldn't that sure make March go out like a lamb!

We Mystery Box Babes aim to please and we think you will Luh Uh Uhv this month's box, too!!!

What's inside this box is SURE to put a smile on your face! It's just happiness...boxed up!

WAAAAY more!!


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We are!

Here's our BIG deal-i-o giveaway this month!

We're beyond thrilled to have teamed up with Learning A-Z for March.

Guess what...

Yes...you read that correctly!!!

As a Grand Prize Winner...

You'll get to choose a one year subscription to either Raz-Kids OR Reading A-Z!

A subscription to Reading A-Z includes THOUSANDS of downloadable, printable, projectable teacher materials on a huge variety of topics and skills.

A subscription to Raz-Kids includes loads of ebooks for your child to read and progress through. There are comprehension questions, points and contests. It is very motivating to readers and beneficial, too!!

ANNNNND, you'll also receive a one year subscription to 

Vocabulary A-Z!!!

It's designed to support vocabulary instruction and has words GA. LORE!

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Hope you're loving this March Mystery Box as much as we are!!!

In case you're wondering...

It was a real joy to put together this Mystery Box. I went in search of earthy, colorful, and girly things to put a smile on our winners lips. Last month's sweet winner got a chevron box on her doorstep, a note from me, and these sweet little gifts...

 

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St. Patrick's Day Bag Toppers

I enjoyed making funny bag toppers for Valentine's Day so much that I decided to whip some up for St. Patrick's Day. 

I don't usually give my students a gift for this holiday, but they would be perfect for sharing a little pick-me-up with your coworkers.
  
Click here to download these little cuties for yourself.

In case you missed the link above you can download my St. Patrick's Day Bag Toppers here.

Fonts: KG Fonts Clipart: Creative Clips

Bright Ideas: Organizing Math Stations

I am SO excited to link up with some amazing bloggers to bring you  a few Bright Ideas from my very own classroom!

For this episode of Bright Ideas, I am sharing how I organize math stations in my second grade classroom. 

Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post so that you can hop onto more Bright Ideas!

After an unbelievable amount of trial and error, I have finally the stations themselves down pat. 

I have 5 math station bins. All of my math stations are a review of the skills we have already practiced. I put activities in the bins based on how much time it will take students to complete them. I aim for a goal of 20 minutes per math station.

I keep a chart on the wall above the math stations as a handy reference guide. Sometimes students do not finish their daily station and will need to finish it later.

I typically change out stations every week.

You can find the bins I purchased for an affordable price here. I love them. They have held up amazingly.

I HAD to add some fancy writing to the pictures above because, let's face it, my organization here is NOT attractive! I know how it is to spend TONS of money just to keep it cute, but sometimes it is just not worth it. 

Inside the math bins, each station is kept in a gallon bag with directions and all of its pieces. I ALWAYS have gallon bags handy and they are see-thru so you know if it has been cleaned up properly.

Once we are finished with the math stations I put all of the gallon bags into UBE's (ugly brown envelopes). I sort my stations by month. I throw all of the UBE's into the bottom of my filing cabinet until the following year.

Groups are extremely flexible in my classroom. They can change from week to week.

Notice in the picture above that I have only assigned kids to stations for Thursday. I move the groups daily rather than keeping a set schedule, so that I can have flexibility from day to day. For example, on this particular week we had an ice day on Wednesday. If we HAD a set schedule it would be totally thrown off. 

Thanks for hopping by! Be sure to stop by again next time for my next Bright Ideas post: Let's Give Them Something to Math Talk About!

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BIG Number Sense

Number sense is HUGE in my classroom. 

As a math teacher this year, I have really begun to dig deep into how the minds of struggling math students work. It usually all boils down to their basic understanding of numbers. We practice this as much as we can. 

This weekend I put the mini hundreds charts, from my Hundreds Charts Mega Pack, on book rings. I plan on making more sets of these so that we can use them for addition, subtraction, skip-counting, and place value. 

I can't wait to show these to my kids tomorrow! I already have a small group planned to work on subtracting 3 digit numbers with these little cuties! 

For a FREE sample of my Hundreds Chart Mega Pack, click here. 

I also have charts for numbers 101 - 1000! You can see those in my Hundreds Chart Mega Pack.