• First day of school is in the books! Even though starting my 22nd year remotely was hard, I am feeling thankful that we are sheltering from Covid and...
  • Don’t forget today is the bonus sale. My entire TpT store is on sale, including bundles. An opportunity to grab some great deals!
  • My entire TpT store will be on sale August 18th! Get 25% off, even on bundles!!! I hope everyone has a terrific year!
  • My family celebrates birthday week. I love how this extends the fun since life can be so busy ON your special day. My friend Patty just dropped by wit...
  • Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday. I felt taken care of with breakfast getting delivered, birthday wishes over email and during the facu...
  • I was feeling a little bummed that my 50th bday wasn’t going to be so great since my family has to work and I will be home alone on Zoom meetings. But...
  • New Boom deck!
  • Last day of the TpT sale! Bundles are particularly a great deal since you get 25% off something already discounted!! #tptsale #tpt #tptteachers #tptse...
  • New Boom card deck in my store today. Get it during the sale for 25% off!
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  • My entire store will be on sale, including bundles!
  • We read The View From Saturday in my summer school class. If you haven’t read it, the main characters are 6th graders who preparing for an upcoming ac...
  • Last day of summer school. Social distanced water slides. I made them stand on a sponge I put out 6 feet apart.
  • In this Boom deck, students will look at the picture then select the beginning digraph to complete the word. The audio directions include a reminder o...
  • $1 Boom Deals started today! Put the hashtag into TpT or Boom to see all the sellers participating. ⁣https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jennife...
  • Visit my TpT or Boom store to grab your $1 deals on select Boom cards.
  • New Boom deck! Beginning digraphs CH & SH with audio.
  • Need a way to motivate your students to learn their multiplication facts? My summer students love earning scratch and sniff stickers for their chart....
  • How have you been dealing with COVID stress? Gardening helps me try to stop thinking about the coming year for awhile. I planted dahlias for the first...
  • My 5th graders made lava lamps today. So cool and so easy! Head over to my blog to get the directions. Finallyinfirst.blogspot.com
  • This hands-on game practices making groups of ten and understanding that the ten-train then must be moved to the tens place. Two versions of the game...
  • This game practices recognizing numbers on a ten frame. Who can be the first to fill their chart with bowling balls? Watch out for the gutter ball! Ma...
  • 3 games to practice skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. Each game includes 48-50 cards that are color-coded to make differentiation easier. Great for...
  • Aren’t these Baby Yodas cute! Thanks artprojectsforkids.org !
  • So smart!!! I am co-teaching a 5th grade class with my college son. I was complaining to him that the light kept going off in our office/closet becaus...
  • I had my first back-to-school Covid nightmare! There were so many students not in compliance with masks and distancing and they weren’t listening. I f...
  • I decided to do a series of posts on my blog about what it is like teaching summer school during Covid-19. This first installment focuses on face cov...
  • My friend, Lindsay, and I created a fun way to learn the partners of ten. Ten is having a birthday party and asks his friends to partner up to make te...
  • This was me after the first day of summer school. I have only been out of the house a handful of times since March so teaching one day kicked my butt!
  • Started summer school. It is a challenge keeping the kids 6 feet apart and their masks on. #teacherproblems #teacherprobs #teachersfollowingteachers #...