tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68116915284529679492024-03-19T05:20:32.331-04:00Welcome to The Schroeder Page!The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.comBlogger459125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-80057303341337992022024-03-11T09:50:00.003-04:002024-03-11T09:51:03.332-04:00Transform Your Life: From Fatigue to Fitness! Discover How to Say Goodbye to Prescription Meds and Anxiety for Good!<div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">TEACHERS!!!!!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What if you could make it through the day without a nap?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Or you didn't have to wear oversized clothes to cover your bloated tummy?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What if you didn't have to rely on prescription meds to mask the symptoms of your anxiety?<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👇🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te9/2/16/1f447_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Over 3 years…that’s how long I have been sharing my story. I worry sometimes that everyone has heard it and I go to delete it but then I think about how these supplements have changed my world. AND how many other people I have helped by sharing sooooooo <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>YOU ALL GET TO HEAR IT AGAIN! </span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnrEdfxrmptNFy73cYeCQGR0eiv66gSgt55FTQS1jyz9pJ9z-7YZgZoQh_jc3hiMTBoWaEm9uBSb0NCAC6kTSKr4BJ3_TzTwEFvZ84x16fyplL0l4jRKmN3bVsbEoEvhCRtmhZ1rBBdbXMRhjA2Ne6zil48RhhH1Tr9YOcaNr5nu08ojTBwzbVXnA9jiu/s890/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%209.49.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="890" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnrEdfxrmptNFy73cYeCQGR0eiv66gSgt55FTQS1jyz9pJ9z-7YZgZoQh_jc3hiMTBoWaEm9uBSb0NCAC6kTSKr4BJ3_TzTwEFvZ84x16fyplL0l4jRKmN3bVsbEoEvhCRtmhZ1rBBdbXMRhjA2Ne6zil48RhhH1Tr9YOcaNr5nu08ojTBwzbVXnA9jiu/w400-h389/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%209.49.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For YEARS I knew something was off with my body. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>I was tired all the time. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>Weight gain and bloating. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>IBS</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>Major ANXIETY issues including panic attacks.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I tried over the counter products, essential oils & exercise/diets. Nothing worked for me. And as I got older it got worse! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Weight issues were controlling my thoughts and self esteem. I had crazy sugary cravings that I dosed with wine. (I am not a big sweet eater but I do love some vino.) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Those diets I talked about above were started with the best intentions but the cravings stopped them in their tracks! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As an wife, mama & educator I was exhausted and defeated. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2 medical scares in a row adjusted my vision big time and I knew something had to change. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Trust ME! I was not convinced on this pink drink right away. I remember rolling my eyes at people who shared about it in social media. (NOW LOOK AT ME!) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But when I looked at the 4 prescription bottles and the basket of over the counter products I was taking I became willing to give the pink stuff a try. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>One week on my $4 a day combo, I was going to the bathroom everyday and sleeping soooo much better! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>3 months later, I was down 18 pounds and was less puffy. I had tons of energy and I was off 2 prescription meds!!!! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="👉🏻" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6b/2/16/1f449_1f3fb.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>3 YEARS and ALL of the above is still true plus I am off ALL 4 of those prescription meds! I no longer need a bite guard for tooth grinding. I am in the gym 5 days a week now and I have NEVER felt better! I feel younger and I look younger! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The picture on the left is the day I started Plexus and the 2nd is from last month! (R U kidding me???? Don't you dare say you don't see a difference!) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These products are not just for people with <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/throid?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV4rW4bhZKjSsyI0NFb3uV1XGnltoqoSRr5wvWYlg7-by-m9ttK4lR68iczSW90S3krpqHuJyqo_nVQHeHhoFB2jLLvznA2DpWAhtmKkWrhEAOsFMibX-NpdnusOa54jEk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#throid</a> issues or <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/pcos?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZV4rW4bhZKjSsyI0NFb3uV1XGnltoqoSRr5wvWYlg7-by-m9ttK4lR68iczSW90S3krpqHuJyqo_nVQHeHhoFB2jLLvznA2DpWAhtmKkWrhEAOsFMibX-NpdnusOa54jEk&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#pcos</a>. 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It is also for the those who knows their body is off and is ready for a change!</span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-46715409234869282792024-03-03T09:39:00.001-05:002024-03-03T09:39:27.200-05:00Teacher Wellness: Top Tips for Staying Healthy and Energized in the Classroom<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Teachers!!! Are you ready to grab some top tips for staying healthy and energized in the classroom? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I know you are either on Spring Break or counting down the days!!!! The warm weather makes the kiddos CRAZY! And let's be honest, you are a little antsy to get outside too!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Just wanted to share ALL that is to offer in the world of gut heath! Maybe reading all this excitement will curb your spring break fever! 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I get it.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was exhausted too. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Are you tired of dealing with bloating and constant stomach discomfort? </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">I understand. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you struggle with mood swings or anxiety, I get it!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I struggled for a long time too! </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you’re frequently falling ill, that’s a clear sign your gut health needs attention! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJQlVaD23JpHMD_GDNJebs4ouX-SEjFCiWMtenlHFiAlgO090kh_U5gNfZQp9iIItc5qbTQn7xuaU7TdMKsOkdOUMP-4SgDhZdkICYSOkouVX1sOFeATMcAD4Knby6VmX9d8vQiJh1ZYvXOEjop_MyzEPFIZS09BPUA8nJshzBmsIsd1jVBOWffj2-axv/s1080/7-Signs-of-an-Unhealthy-Gut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJQlVaD23JpHMD_GDNJebs4ouX-SEjFCiWMtenlHFiAlgO090kh_U5gNfZQp9iIItc5qbTQn7xuaU7TdMKsOkdOUMP-4SgDhZdkICYSOkouVX1sOFeATMcAD4Knby6VmX9d8vQiJh1ZYvXOEjop_MyzEPFIZS09BPUA8nJshzBmsIsd1jVBOWffj2-axv/s320/7-Signs-of-an-Unhealthy-Gut.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">NONE of the above is NORMAL! I know I emphasize it often, but for good reason. Optimizing your gut health is crucial for overall well-being, including boosting your health. I'm living proof that prioritizing gut health can transform your life. 💯</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP3HiUaCTaRYQB-ZAXdf-yIob8Opuhtf7GIQuep7BrfUHgck1Hv5e0V09gR5pQhEWdrlZTZ1ohAdIpC5i7SlUqfQv-6pML5PsZ1ypxK7qPcBiHoNVK1mGV-6OWXz2IDGqBlmM4T_i2W-V49D7FBxpKGOFp9P24DJUj4JwlCJDfIyqcZsiEXS6dq3hxQur/s1024/409076510_10163596013982942_5600608628940637717_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP3HiUaCTaRYQB-ZAXdf-yIob8Opuhtf7GIQuep7BrfUHgck1Hv5e0V09gR5pQhEWdrlZTZ1ohAdIpC5i7SlUqfQv-6pML5PsZ1ypxK7qPcBiHoNVK1mGV-6OWXz2IDGqBlmM4T_i2W-V49D7FBxpKGOFp9P24DJUj4JwlCJDfIyqcZsiEXS6dq3hxQur/s320/409076510_10163596013982942_5600608628940637717_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Comment HEAL to get more information on how to heal your gut and transform your life!</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/150982605@N08/35890345035/in/dateposted-public/" title="signature-39"><img alt="signature-39" height="66" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/35890345035_2194b1869c_o.png" width="206" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-68898226119526431152024-02-26T10:00:00.005-05:002024-02-26T10:01:28.495-05:00Proactive Health and Wellness PAYS off! <div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Teachers! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Has your Dr. ever said something to you that you just can't un- hear?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Are you still thinking about your Dr. apt hours after it ended? </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I had a check up today with my Dr. She said something that has stuck with me all day long. </span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q0xhC20mS_F1OrECaDqLR7MiGl8CxBQWLaNjwVbEC-ZjnG0ODP5CZk7N5KvAGge9fvmeq-LvdqF4yzZqx4nF-FQtd2k2NFmbMMP0Qae5c0jTWT4C8GwMomkYJsD-TGA4YshE5SD5_rgHySjSgwIeKG16QvktKkhELuJ41OB9oD8chX3KOPm4pq27JHqi/s1024/409014523_10163584025752942_3073821104962582494_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q0xhC20mS_F1OrECaDqLR7MiGl8CxBQWLaNjwVbEC-ZjnG0ODP5CZk7N5KvAGge9fvmeq-LvdqF4yzZqx4nF-FQtd2k2NFmbMMP0Qae5c0jTWT4C8GwMomkYJsD-TGA4YshE5SD5_rgHySjSgwIeKG16QvktKkhELuJ41OB9oD8chX3KOPm4pq27JHqi/s320/409014523_10163584025752942_3073821104962582494_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Now, <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>know that she has been my Dr. for close to 16 years. She has seen me through a ton! She knows me...big time and has supported every decision I have made as far as my health and wellness. She supported me though IBS and my constant struggle with ANXIETY! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When I was leaving today she commented on how healthy I am at my age. (Not that 49 is old!) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Her words really got me thinking about what she sees day in and out. Not everyone is being proactive and working to make changes. They are just accepting their situation and my Dr and lots of Drs. are having to help them manage their "health" without them trying on THEIR end. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Believe me...I was one of those people for a long time. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You are more in control of your health than you think. I am 49 years old and take no prescription meds or over the counter meds. During allergy season I take a Zyrtec. That's it. And I plan to keep that going for as LONG as possible! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Oh and that picture is me trying to pretend my toes are still in the sand in Punta Cana!</span></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-59891478132225273762024-02-12T09:23:00.003-05:002024-02-12T09:23:32.994-05:00Unlocking the Gut-Brain Connection: Exploring Anxiety and IBS<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">TEACHERS!!!! Have you tried every thing to help with your anxiety?</span><br style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;" /><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Are you taking prescription meds to treat the symptoms and it's not helping?</span><br style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;" /><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Wishing there was a more natural way?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF_jKFlRus8u4azvgJmXZQc6ylDtY0UqEuTQmGrsnBLd9oe6Sd9ySdxGfyos1vSdBMU4Y-4LdilREtqWfvXmKVb95O_9geEvqs9k3EmDGxAKaKWamDioMQhWXIZ2I4mnO46G-RfbjZOJ0T1zkYJMS51tCBnG_hNtxn22BE3OrBSzsXk8kTe-55cseGJBQ/s714/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.07.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="714" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF_jKFlRus8u4azvgJmXZQc6ylDtY0UqEuTQmGrsnBLd9oe6Sd9ySdxGfyos1vSdBMU4Y-4LdilREtqWfvXmKVb95O_9geEvqs9k3EmDGxAKaKWamDioMQhWXIZ2I4mnO46G-RfbjZOJ0T1zkYJMS51tCBnG_hNtxn22BE3OrBSzsXk8kTe-55cseGJBQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.07.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Welcome to the wild world of gut feelings! Today, we're embarking on a quirky journey to explore the unexpected bond between anxiety and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Get ready for a rollercoaster ride through the twists and turns of the gut-brain axis – it's going to be a blast!</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let's Get Funky with the Gut-Brain Axis</b>:
Picture this: a bustling highway of communication between your gut and brain, where neurotransmitters, hormones, and immune cells are all partying it up. This funky network, known as the gut-brain axis, is where the magic happens – and sometimes, the mischief too!</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>IBS</b>: The Gut's Way of Keeping You on Your Toes:
Meet Irritable Bowel Syndrome – or as we like to call it, the Gut's Stand-Up Comedy Show. With its unpredictable bouts of abdominal discomfort, bloating, and bathroom escapades, IBS sure knows how to keep you guessing. But behind the scenes, there's a deeper story at play.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Anxiety</b>: The Brain's Drama Queen:
Enter anxiety, the Brain's Drama Queen extraordinaire. With its jittery nerves and overactive imagination, anxiety likes to stir up trouble – especially in the gut department. Turns out, stress and anxiety can throw a wild party in your gastrointestinal tract, leading to some serious IBS shenanigans.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Connecting the Dots</b>: Anxiety, IBS, and the Funky Gut Microbiota:
But wait, there's more! It turns out that your gut microbiota – those quirky little critters living in your digestive system – have a starring role in this gut-brain drama. When stress and anxiety crash the party, they can mess with the delicate balance of your gut microbiome, sending your tummy on a whirlwind adventure.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Fun Ways to Keep Your Gut and Brain Happy</b>:
Now that we've uncovered the gut-wrenching connection between anxiety and IBS, it's time to bring on the fun! From gut-friendly foods to mood-boosting activities, there are plenty of ways to keep your gut and brain in harmony. How about a dance party to shake off those jitters? Or a picnic with probiotic-packed snacks to keep your gut microbiota smiling?</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read my sweet friend Heather's story below! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj4TGQ8lGbHwq-4fvmRvF0MjuC_LI5eiGeeEacdta3ZuYEFYHfB-c1FjgqVmNxx6B3c56D0iox7iAJ_1Gi_osDwvZ87d53kLIsYIfunZCxVZ1CDF-WrOFdOHmAUKfXeE9PBSzd6GcpazQaM4UmytWZ8c7wSQgL0036YByC0e2OKsjT21xTcBW56IH_2Kd/s1100/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.04.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="886" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigj4TGQ8lGbHwq-4fvmRvF0MjuC_LI5eiGeeEacdta3ZuYEFYHfB-c1FjgqVmNxx6B3c56D0iox7iAJ_1Gi_osDwvZ87d53kLIsYIfunZCxVZ1CDF-WrOFdOHmAUKfXeE9PBSzd6GcpazQaM4UmytWZ8c7wSQgL0036YByC0e2OKsjT21xTcBW56IH_2Kd/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.04.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="258" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQY4l7wcMX4xCeWS4aQz6ByrokaECeNzeYInIkd9g0ILinOzgSNy6_YfxbQztu46PmN97xjMhEqK3z1Q6sPlqU4drUwliOnIgsZD_RQK9fTavy0im79xRGfkoolDVB_CSZbIYa5SHIrEQBb1iI6VToz2XmfGY0l8sc7WS0XC5WOS4R1bnnMqduFOUxyJV/s1202/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.04.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1202" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQY4l7wcMX4xCeWS4aQz6ByrokaECeNzeYInIkd9g0ILinOzgSNy6_YfxbQztu46PmN97xjMhEqK3z1Q6sPlqU4drUwliOnIgsZD_RQK9fTavy0im79xRGfkoolDVB_CSZbIYa5SHIrEQBb1iI6VToz2XmfGY0l8sc7WS0XC5WOS4R1bnnMqduFOUxyJV/w640-h466/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%209.04.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Conclusion</b>:
As we bid adieu to our gut-brain adventure, let's remember that laughter truly is the best medicine. By embracing the quirky connection between anxiety and IBS, we can approach our gut health with a sense of humor and a dash of whimsy. So, here's to keeping our guts happy, our brains calm, and our spirits high – because when it comes to the gut-feeling game, it's all about finding the fun in the funky!</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;" /><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/150982605@N08/35890345035/in/dateposted-public/" title="signature-39"><img alt="signature-39" height="66" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/35890345035_2194b1869c_o.png" width="206" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-36059729451792267952024-02-09T13:30:00.005-05:002024-02-09T13:41:15.941-05:00Conquering Classroom Chaos: Teacher Anxiety Relief Strategies That Work<div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alright, friends, let's spill the tea on a topic that's been lurking in the shadows of the teacher's lounge for far too long – teacher anxiety! Buckle up because we're about to embark on a sassy journey through the ups and downs of being an educator in today's world. From grading piles higher than Mount Everest to dodging helicopter parents like a pro, teaching ain't always a walk in the park. So, grab your favorite coffee mug and get ready for some real talk about the struggles and triumphs of being a fabulous educator.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03fOpuUlvfzWX6UQPQqzxMo_TequcVeC8vVSTipubXXPLoMuztraqyfpvP-as3Oowca6qzqgYYx2EcV2HatJVHeVjiDQpUPWC8v8OA9cm1oX-SeggDasKEwI7b3MhA2Hvamee3u43EmsRMSJkK8BeI2K-BFqZio6PGmQKJ5D1qfb96nqORmdU0SM9fzIP/s1084/Screenshot%202024-02-09%20at%201.25.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1084" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03fOpuUlvfzWX6UQPQqzxMo_TequcVeC8vVSTipubXXPLoMuztraqyfpvP-as3Oowca6qzqgYYx2EcV2HatJVHeVjiDQpUPWC8v8OA9cm1oX-SeggDasKEwI7b3MhA2Hvamee3u43EmsRMSJkK8BeI2K-BFqZio6PGmQKJ5D1qfb96nqORmdU0SM9fzIP/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-09%20at%201.25.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>The Drama Behind Teacher Anxiety</b>:</p></b><p></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: collapse;">👉🏻</span>Classroom Chaos</b>: Picture this – you've got a room full of tiny humans buzzing with energy like they've just downed a case of Red Bull. Wrangling them into a semblance of order while trying to actually teach? Yeah, easier said than done! From bouncing off the walls to testing the limits of your sanity, classroom management can feel like starring in your very own reality TV show.</span></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: collapse;">👉🏻</span>The Grading Grind</b>: Ah, the glamorous life of a teacher, spending your evenings knee-deep in a sea of papers that never seem to end. Forget Netflix and chill – it's more like Netflix and grade until your eyes glaze over. And don't even get me started on the never-ending battle against plagiarism. Cue the dramatic music, because it's a showdown of epic proportions!</span></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: black; white-space-collapse: collapse;">👉🏻</span>Parental Drama</b>: Let's talk about everyone's favorite characters – helicopter parents! They swoop in faster than you can say "PTA meeting" and unleash a storm of demands, complaints, and questions that would make even the most seasoned educator break a sweat. Navigating the delicate dance of parent-teacher conferences and email exchanges requires some serious diplomacy skills.</span></p></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(227, 227, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pressure Cooker: Imagine trying to juggle flaming torches while riding a unicycle – that's pretty much what it feels like to be a teacher under pressure. Between standardized tests, curriculum mandates, and administrative hoops to jump through, the stress can pile up faster than a cafeteria tray on pizza day. Sometimes, you just gotta laugh to keep from crying.</span></p></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">👉🏻Have YOU ever been in the middle of task and something happens. YOU just start freaking out. YOU start going down that rabbit hole.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">YOU can't let it go. Your anxiety grows and YOU start overthinking & all rational thought is thrown out the window.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">ARE YOU DONE WITH THIS?</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">If you are looking for strategies on how to control and walk yourself back from anxiety download my 5 strategies today! <a href="https://monicaschroeder.myflodesk.com/ctcwucycjj">CLICK HERE</a>!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://monicaschroeder.myflodesk.com/ecloemhfmh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="676" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhuxq2A9uiqkXm8BhckwRGml0uJR583_FU4uqcaITK_G8ugCV9DuiirtFfOB4DoyW3pnmcUc-dO2zJEMXwBkc83Msp8wenIotqMx5BIG4qQjar0mhtwUEEBJ01x2gyWz-RIrx8Zzl8aJNr-uxh7DJTzvvg6YjhRRGXzFdl24uzJmnlWEHRQPhl3OkbHQw/w400-h329/Screenshot%202024-02-09%20at%201.23.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><span face="Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Teacher anxiety may be a drama-filled rollercoaster ride, but it's also a testament to the passion and dedication of educators everywhere. So, here's to all the fabulous teachers out there – keep slaying, keep shining, and never forget that you're making a difference, one sassy lesson at a time. Now go forth and conquer the classroom like the fierce boss you are!</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/150982605@N08/35890345035/in/dateposted-public/" title="signature-39"><img alt="signature-39" height="66" src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/35890345035_2194b1869c_o.png" width="206" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-43158309081505615152020-12-07T12:16:00.001-05:002020-12-07T12:16:21.559-05:00The Science of Reading <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Hi All! Thank you so much for the amazing work in PLCs this week. We had such awesome conversations about The Science of Reading and Structured Literacy. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I am still growing and learning in this area too! I have been gobbling up everything that I can find on it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">AND I found the coolest experiment! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The <span style="color: #800180;">PURPLE </span>CHALLENGE!!!!</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Prepare yourself for this one friends!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You are going to see some things in this video that you as an educator have used to teach reading with. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*You are going to see guessing strategies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*You are going to see leveled readers that have words well beyond grade level phonics skills. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*You will see the 3 Cueing System. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lxx7hs0qdKQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Lxx7hs0qdKQ"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Remember, don't panic! I have used all of the above in my classroom too. I was just lucky that my district in OHIO also made Phonics a PRIORITY! We used The Phonic Dance in K-2 so my students were getting the phonics in to support the decoding. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We have Letterland and I know that is happening in your classrooms and MGSD has made it a PRIORITY as well! We have really good things going on in our classrooms. As far as I can see, our BIG shift will be with our small group reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We just need to support our students with grade level text and provide the scaffolding to help them be successful. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Students will need PRACTICE time with new phonics concepts and that practice can be during centers or during small group reading with a decodable text. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Need some proof? Check out this next video showing what a little explicit phonics instruction can do. Pay close attention to when she reviews what phonics levels are required to read the words in the text. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h2pRi_B_Oj8" width="320" youtube-src-id="h2pRi_B_Oj8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>So what do we do next? </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*We keep having the conversations that we had this week in PLC. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*We start scouring our school for decodable readers and we as a school invest in purchasing decodable readers. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*We follow our Letterland manuals and make that time in our classroom a priority. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*We assess our students quickly on Fridays about the weekly phonics skill. Struggling students get reteaching the following week with word building and decodable readers! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">*Students successful with the skill dive into small group reading focused on the weekly comprehension skill using a GRADE level text!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">WAIT...what about words that you can't sound out? </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Like sight words? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, HEART WORDS of course! Teaching students that there are parts of words that you have to know by heart. Some words you can use parts of your phonics knowledge to decode but other parts you must know by ❤️!<br />Check out this site with TONS of great videos and activities to teach HEART words!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.reallygreatreading.com/heart-word-magic?fbclid=IwAR00YwvijCsToC8KHI88geZhSEgxrX98vqyNAObRZVN-_eju32SgLm2ZAlk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1488" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPryfjcZSSQZwnrWYXQZipUNTNRysoaH438h9RXlx8jVYeBcKVaXX8nAuHA4UihBqja7kMa-BH5yTWfhNdri_fUfpbtQVCKtZ5VGMwzorLhiBQIfpZsq7RkbtCHA3D1O71vih7E748wA/w640-h246/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+1.12.03+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Little steps! We can do this. Let's keep talking and sharing what we are learning about what science says about how students learn to read. </span></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SchroederpagebehindTheScenesIn2ndGrade</div>The Schroeder Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747115520815496241noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811691528452967949.post-24195789476339892802019-02-22T06:41:00.001-05:002020-06-11T13:12:34.840-04:00Vocabulary & Comprehension<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Does vocabulary support comprehension? Sure it does and it is so important for our developing readers to have multiple interactions with vocabulary words!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Key Classroom has a good chart to walk you through what teachers should know about teaching vocabulary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out these 10 games from The Not So Wimpy Teacher to help your students get that "practice" in with vocabulary words. Many of these would work great in centers or partner groups!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also LOVE the "Parrot Strategy from The Candy Class on TPT. Check out this freebie and be sure to visit her store for other great products!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are Teachers has a spot on post about how to support ELL learners with vocabulary that would also be very beneficial to add to your daily lessons! The strategies and activities hit lots of different learning styles!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be sure to stop by <a href="https://www.readingandwritinghaven.com/vocabulary-strategies-that-work/">The Reading and Writing Haven</a>! These strategies are awesome! So many simple ways to get your students to dig deep into vocabulary! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you have a word wall????? If the answer is no, please consider adding one to your classroom! It is a simple way to bring vocabulary into your lessons! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grab this FREE one from Especially Education to get you started! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This time of year is perfect for jumping into the Arctic region and hitting those science and social studies standards! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bringing apples into the classroom in September is the perfect way to ease your students into learning. One of my very favorite apple fiction stories is <a href="http://amzn.to/2weziuM" target="_blank">Apple Picking Time </a>by Michele Benoit Slawson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is the sweetest story about a young girl and her time picking apples with her family. It shows real perseverance. Check out a video read of the story below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> One of my favorite activities to do with this book is to create purple punch cards for my students just like in the book. As they work throughout the day, I punch their cards with an apple hole punch. Like the one below. You could also use the a moon shaped one like in the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I reward them with a sweet apple treat at the end of the day as they turn in their cards!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some response questions for you to use during a book talk to help second grade teachers hit <span style="color: red;"><i>RI.2.1 I can ask and answer W questions</i></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> This standard will also work with the nonfiction books below!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also love to use the fable of the Magic Apple to hit my 3rd grade reading skill, <i><span style="color: red;">RL.3.2 I can recount fables and determine the central message. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below is a video read of the book to add to your lessons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This file is great for unlocking folktales from Pearson! Be sure to click below and save!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love to bring in some factual information about apples too! This video is a great lead into the nonfiction word of apples. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is another video that is great for the life cycle of an apple!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is so simple to put a fun life cycle craft together. See the example in the picture below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love the Book <a href="http://amzn.to/2voCPb5" target="_blank">I Am an Apple</a> for this project! Students can use this book to walk them through the life cycle. It is also a great book to talk with students about beginning print concepts. Take them on a picture walk and discuss the title, cover, spine, illustrations, and words. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>RF.K1 I can understand print concepts. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">or grab this download of the story <a href="http://www.earlychildhoodworksheets.com/stories/a-magic-apple.pdf" target="_blank">The Magic Apple </a>for Kindergarteners! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My favorite book for apple facts is Apples by Gail Gibbons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reading both fiction and nonfiction books on a topic will allow first grade teachers to hit <i><span style="color: red;">RL.1.5 Ti can tell which books are stories</span></i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We made these simple Dr. Seuss silly FACT hats when we researched Dr. Seuss on <a href="https://www.pebblego.com/">PebbleGo</a>. My kiddos LOVE this site and I đź’“ that it is a safe place for them to research. (Sign up for a FREE trial!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a firm believer in teaching the whole child. Not just academics. Manners, social skills, behavior, and so on. So many times we jump on board with these "<b>behavior</b>" systems for a quick fix. We never take the time to teach what acceptable behavior is. Truly if a student is having behavioral issues, a clip to <span style="color: red;"><b>red </b></span>over and over is <b>NEVER</b> going to fix it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Look at this picture, read the words, let it speak to you! I love the message Mandy Neal, from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/teachingwithsimplicity/" target="_blank">Teaching With Simplicity </a>shared. It is so powerful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been working to teach each expectation indivudially. This past week, we focused on <b>RESPECT. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I LOVE this Respect Rap! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> So do my kiddos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> It totally spells it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My students connected quickly with this rap because it was made by students. I love that the words are posted so they can hear and sing along. Such an awesome reminder about how we need to be treating each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Warning! </b></span> I have been singing this all weekend. It totally gets stuck in your head! So, while rapping all weekend, I got to thinking about how I can reinforce respect with this rap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I created this <b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dx0lex0uwkr1hee/Respect%20Reminder.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Respect Reminder</a></b>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My plan is, if a student needs a reminder about how to respect others, our classroom, or our school, I am going to give them some quiet time to scan this code and listen to the rap <b>privately</b>. They will then write a response and have a short conference with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I plan to keep a copy for documentation as well. It is such a simple idea but I think it is going to send an important message to my students. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~We spent the week examining wordless texts! I loved how the texts led my students right into the world of inferences! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just had to choose my FAVORITE wordless text <u>Tuesday</u> by David Wiesner! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I photo copied a few images from the text on large paper and we broke up into groups. We focused on examining the illustrations to determine key details from a text. We combined the details with the text and created inferences to understand the story! This is such a tough skill for 2nd graders! I am so very proud of how the class did with this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~What is <a href="http://www.singaporemath.com/" target="_blank">Singapore</a> Math? I asked the exact same question when my school announced that we would be using <a href="http://www.singaporemath.com/" target="_blank">Singapore</a> in our elementary classes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It took me quite a while to figure out how to make it work in my first grade classroom. The tricky thing is Singapore is change in thinking. A change in how we think about numbers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Singapore
</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Math </span>focuses
on children not just <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">learning</span> but also truly <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">mastering</span> a limited number of concepts each
school year. The goal is for children to perform well because they understand
the material on a <span style="font-weight: bold;">deeper
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Math takes the student beyond the basic algorithm. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It
is about </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">mastery</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Students
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Use of manipulatives like base ten blocks, dice, and chips.</span></div>
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Drawing pictures of mathematical concepts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In first grade, we spend a good amount of time working on number sense. It is the foundation for future math. Students learn to decompose and compose numbers with ease. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In first grade we use the <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/shop/education-curriculum/math/math-in-focus-singapore-math" target="_blank">Math in Focus</a> program by Singapore. It has been fantastic to follow and implement in class! Below are some of the beginning skills that my kiddos worked with to build number sense. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now this is my 2nd year with Singapore and I will tell you the first year I felt like we were number bonding FOREVER! I didn't see the benefit and was super worried that we were not teaching other skills. (We were digging deeper!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is the moment I became a true believer in the Singapore Process! We moved to double digit numbers and began regrouping. (I resisted teaching regrouping they way I always had and went with the Singapore way.) All of a sudden they were regrouping in their heads! Mental Math!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out this video of my kiddos regrouping on paper. So incredible in first grade!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This school year math is my students favorite time of the day. They love our math centers and each day I meet with a group or 2 at their level. We work a daily word problem and practice our mental math. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have been following me along on Facebook, you may have heard that I have been <b>moving</b> into a rented classroom at a church on <b>Mondays</b> and moving back out on <b>Fridays</b> E<b>v</b>E<b>r</b>Y week! This is the first week that our classroom has stayed in tack and when I go into school on Monday, <b>it all will be in place!</b> I can't tell you the relief! (That is the major reason I have been missing from the blog world all year-please forgive me!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After lots of fun reading and writing about electricity we read Patricia Polacco's <a href="http://amzn.to/1Qd70TS" target="_blank">Thundercake</a>! It is one of my total favorite books! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We discussed how lightning and storms produce electricity. I had the students choose a favorite scene in the book and they drew it on a piece of construction paper. We then added folded tissue paper over parts of the scene that might move in a storm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I added some thunderstorm sounds from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDq6TstdEi8" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and we were ready to make our art <b>ELECTRIC</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We just added some man made electricity-meaning rubbing balloons against our hair and creating static electricity!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We held a school wide open house yesterday so that our families could come and see the new building. My teammate suggested that we put this Electric Art out for the students to show their parents. It was a HUGE hit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~With the age of technology, I am seeing a major decline in handwriting development with our elementary students. We are all moving towards techonology as a way to communicate. That is all well and good but there are times when a person/student needs to be able to write a response or sign a check. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My <a href="http://www.bradfordprepschool.org/" target="_blank">school</a> has begun a search for a new handwritng program for our elementary students. We hope that if we take just a few minutes a day to focus solely on letter formation our students will be free to focus more on the thought process of tasks and not get tripped up about forming the letters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's face it, improving their handwriting helps me out too! Deciphering the phonetic spelling of a first grader can be tricky but if the handwriting is poor, it can be almost impossible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My friends at <a href="https://www.zaner-bloser.com/zaner-bloser-handwriting?qt-view__product_specific_menu__block=0#qt-view__product_specific_menu__block" target="_blank">Zaner Bloser</a> asked me to review one of their new handwriting products and I couldn't believe the timing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After visiting their site and looking over sample materials, I found that the program runs from pre school to grade 6. I love that the K-2 products are manuscript. Manuscript allows students to make connections to environmental print and support literacy growth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cursive comes into play at the end of 2nd grade and it is a gradual build from the manuscript fundamentals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Below is the first grade student book and it came with a teacher manuel as well. There are great visuals for the students like the man on the lines below showing where letters need to fall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Desender is great vocabulary word for students!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my total favorite parts is the Handwriting Tutor! Scan the QR code to meet your handwriting tutor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorites was having students practice pushing push pins into foam. The students were encouraged to use the correct pencil grip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We did a warm up game of <a href="http://notjustcute.com/2011/11/02/want-to-give-your-kids-an-advantage-build-executive-functions/" target="_blank">FREEZE</a> with some holiday music. (Click the link above to learn more about games that impact impulse control.) I told the class that it was a very old game that helped students practice impulse control. We talked about if you are <b>falling on the floor</b>, <b>laughing</b>, or <b>moving you are being impulsive</b>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We started with this video from The Cookie Monster! He is the perfect example of impulse control issues:)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the video, Cookie Monster plays a waiting game and comes up with strategies to not eat the cookie so that he can earn another. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The girls were a bit timid at first but don't worry! <b> They totally got into it! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are simple and cheap to make. You can update as the seasons or themes change in your classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~The first thing you will need to do is head to your local $ Store and grab some <b><i>old school</i></b> photo albums. (I can't believe they are old school-totally showing my age!) The one that you just flip open and slide a photo under the clear flap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~I then hopped on YouTube and collected some of my favorite books read online and copied the URL. Open a <a href="http://www.qr-code-generator.com/" target="_blank">QR code generator</a>, paste your URL and BAM you have your QR Code. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I then take a quick snip of the book cover and add the code to it. Print them out and add them to my photo albums. You can check them out below! (I make the images 4x6 just like a picture.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~My kiddos then grab an album and a Kindle and off they go. (Just head to your App store and download a FREE QR Code scanner.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be sure to grab a FREE copy of my covers and my November Codes Below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~We had so much fun this week with our Halloween Math centers! We are working on number bonds and addition facts to 10. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">ALERT! Please keep in mind that I am not in my regular classroom. Our new school is being built as I type (Please hurry!) and I am at a local church. I also move in every Monday and out every Friday so I have had to be pretty creative with my classroom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Oh, and I can't hang anything on the walls except Post it chart paper. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~My classroom is totally mobile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~All centers are on small carts on wheels.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s40bc03lg4mxa0f/Skulls%20and%20Bones.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Skulls and Bones Number Sheet</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Currently, I am running 4 stations so that my 4 tables can rotate through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I always grab the skulls and bones candy at the $ Store every year and my kiddos work on representing numbers with them. Be sure to grab the freebie above!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pumpkin trays make perfect tens frames and I teach my kiddos that they only need one. They identify the number in the ones place and make that number with candy pumpkins in the the trays. They then use dry erase markers to write the numbers in the correct side of their Tchart. (Simply laminate the freebie above!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The eyeball greater than, less than is so simple with candy corn as your symbol. You could use any manipulative but eyeballs are super fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the plastic spiders, my kiddos represent each part of the number bond with different colored spiders and then the whole is a combination of 2 colors. SOOO FUN!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am crazy excited about my math next week! It is based off the book BONE Soup! Check out my file below! It is on sale until the 27th!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are going to be making BONE SOUP!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so excited! It is going to take the place of my Witch's Brew activity so that all my students can participate. No worries about food allergies:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My students have spent the week working with numbers to 10 and creating 2 and 3 part number bonds. It has been so exciting to see them decompose numbers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Number bonds are simple. The are made up of parts and wholes. (Think fact family!) The parts are the numbers added and the whole is the sum. Math in Focus uses basic unifix cubes to represent number bonds in trains. I also use base ten cubes and paper plates for my students to explore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Notice that the paper plates are different colors. I have them use the green to represent the parts and the pink to represent the wholes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">This app is awesome for number bonds and for challenging those higher level students! We will be using it next week in centers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We played the best game with number bonds last week. All you need are some paper plates, 2 different colored markers, and some unifix cubes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Directions: </b>Create number bonds by writing the parts on individual plates in one color and the whole on the other. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Place plates number side down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">* Students then go off and choose a plate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*They must find their other part and then their whole.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Students head to the unifix cubes to represent their bond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(When they were done, I had them come to me for a check. If they were correct, I took the plates and put them back out. The students broke apart their bond and moved on to the next one.)</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Example: 3,7,10 would be <span style="color: red;">3 red cubes</span>, <span style="color: blue;">7 blue cubes</span> in a unifix tower/train that equals 10.</b></div>
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I am also soooo obsessed with this number bond scale! It totally helped my students see how the numbers work together! Click the picture to check it out on Amazon!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are finishing up our number bonds next week and heading into the BIG world of addition. I am super excited to see how these number bond help my students with more traditional algorithms! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~I just love Halloween and Fall is my favorite season! <u>Where's My Mummy</u> by Carolyn Crimi is one of my all time, most loved books for the season! It is filled with vivid illustrations and fun alliteration! I love the pictures of the Baby Mummy and Bones cracks me up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is the one book that is NEVER in my library because it is usually in a student's reading bag. I usually read it in class as a read aloud but this year, I decided to take it to a much more exciting level. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am planning to start with this online reading by Jennifer Fourcade on Youtube! I love how she changes her voice with the characters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will also be reading the book in class with the students. You can grab a copy of the book by clicking below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When we read, my students will be listening for alliteration. I am going to pass out these fun mummies and when they hear an example of alliteration the will be able to hold up their mummy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are also going to make this super simple mummy craft. I plan to supply the class with paper plates and ask them to color in their faces. I will then give them a supply of white strips of paper to paste over their face to create a mummy. The students will then hide their mummy and write directions to where it is located in our classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have so much more planned like my Where's My Mummy Vowel game! I'l be sure to post a video when we play so that you can check it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are interested in any of the activities above or you want to check out my literature unit for <u>Where's My Mummy</u>, you can click the image below. I am off to get printing! I have a ton of mummies cards to make:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year, I am linking up with my friends at The <a href="http://primarychalkboard.blogspot.com/">Primary Chalkboard</a> to share some of our newest products that will be included in the sale. Check out what's new on <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Schroeder-Page">The Schroeder Page</a> and more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My newest baby for BTS is a book study for <u>Lacey Walker Nonstop Talker</u>. It is a great book for teaching those ever important listening skills at the beginning of the year. I will be using mine during my morning meeting. Be sure to check out my Morning Meeting file too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Both are MUST haves for your Back to School!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Read more about my favorite BTS books <a href="http://schroederpage.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-back-to-school-books.html">HERE</a>!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next product that I am so SUPER excited about is my Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Blow Dryer Challenge! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even if you are not working on a fairy tale theme now this challenge would be a great back to school team building activity! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Watch a video of my kiddos in action over on my <a href="http://schroederpage.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-three-little-pigs-and-big-bad.html">BLOG</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, I HAVE to share my Human Body Systems unit! I had the most AMAZING time putting this together for my students and finally got the file together for you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can tell, I love a theme and body systems is a great one for OCTOBER! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use a book a day during one of our shared reading times. I love these books because they are silly and fun but also teach great lessons. This year I will be adding them to our <a href="http://schroederpage.blogspot.com/2014/02/morning-meetings-in-2nd-grade.html">Morning Meeting Time</a>: If you haven't added MM to your classroom routine, U MUST! It is an awesome time to create a classroom community! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year, I am going to start with the book: <u><a href="http://amzn.to/1IFXZlH">What Does it Mean to be Present?</a></u> by Rana DiOrio</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a beautifully illustrated book that touches on the idea of seize the day! It will start a wonderful discussion on appreciation for what we have and to live to the best in life. I can't wait to hear what my little first grades are going to say about being present in class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another one of my favorites is </span><u style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1LT6JFU">Hurty Feelings</a></u><span style="font-size: large;"> by Helen Lester. I love this book for when we talk about how we treat each other and how we respond to each other. Plus, I just LOVE Fragility the hippo!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A total must have is Helen Lester's <a href="http://amzn.to/1SKRYUb"><u>Listen Buddy</u>!</a> Teach listening skills with my fun FREE Follow Directions <a href="http://schroederpage.blogspot.com/2012/07/hurty-box.html">Listen Buddies</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love <u><a href="http://amzn.to/1KvfNjJ">All for Me and None for All</a></u> when we talk about sharing. Totally by Helen Lester too! Gruntly makes his a big entrance as a ball hog, snack hog, and a treasure hog. Your kiddos will be cheering at the end when Gruntly finally learns how to share. (Plus, I love hearing my kiddos all remind each other not to be a Gruntly!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My newest find is called <a href="http://amzn.to/1U3Rtah">Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker</a> by Christianne C. Jones. This book is another book that hits the nail on the head about listening to others and being present. Not over talking but paying attention to what your friends are saying to you. Total adorable Owl character!!! I can't wait for my kiddos to make their Lacey Walker owls with speech bubbles in class. You can check out my newest file for this book below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(This add contains affiliate links for purchasing the books mentioned. I have purchased all of these books and many in hardback because the are must haves for my classroom every year. Totally worth the investment!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The students felt immediate success after working with the cards and books! It a wonderful way to take the memorizing of sight words and make it fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friends~I am so thrilled to share some new technology that I am using in my classroom! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> <b><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://juniorlearning.com/index.php/brands/touchtronics.html">Touchtronics</a>!!!! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://juniorlearning.com/index.php/brands/touchtronics.html">Touchtronics</a> is available for the iPad. It includes 26 letters, consonants in blue and vowels in red. The supporting apps are available in the iTunes Store for <b><span style="color: blue;">FREE</span></b>! Yep, all you need to purchase is the letter pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is so simple to use. I love that it starts by having the student unlock the game using the letters so that they are familiar right away how to work through the game! It is filled with eye catching visuals and pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just got 6 new iPads for my classroom and I am hoping that we can purchase a larger set like the class set below! Each classroom kit comes with 10 sets of 26 letters and storage trays for each set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out one of my firsties building words with <a href="http://juniorlearning.com/index.php/brands/touchtronics.html">Touchtronics</a>! It has been such a hit in my classroom. They all want to get their hands on the letters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">The funny thing about this video is he was sitting on the vowel O:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They even have a math app with numbers to work on basic addition, subtraction, and place value! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The place value app is in my rotation for next week's centers! I just know it is going to be a HUGE hit! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The best technology I have purchased for my iPads! I love that <a href="http://juniorlearning.com/index.php/brands/touchtronics.html">Touchtronics</a> brings the physical and digital world together in a must have learning tool! </span></div>
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