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Hey y'all! I'm Kristen, and I’m here to help you engage students with innovative and rigorous learning experiences without sacrificing your personal & family time. I know what it’s like to want to create engaging curriculum, but not have enough time in your day. This is why I create ready to go lessons and activities rooted in best practices, and organizational tools to help you keep it all together.

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Is fall break just a southern thing? Everyone around here is off for the week, so we’re soaking up some family time! 🍁🎃🍂👨‍👩‍👦‍👦
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Need a writing center for next week? Ive got you covered with a print & go writing activity your students will love!

Karen said, “My fifth grade class really enjoyed these roll-n-write Halloween stories. They were so anxious to roll the dice and get the setting, theme, plot, and characters for their story. This helped them to be excited about writing. They couldn't wait to write everyday.” Grab it at https://chalkand.me/halloweenwriting
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#friendlyreminder to keep the colored pencils out of my good @quietsharpeners! Tell me it’s not just me!

What’s your favorite sharpener? And are your students allowed to use it or is it teacher use only?

I found that I can let students use this one as long as they know never ever ever to put colored pencils in!

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Are your rotations digital yet or are you still using a bulletin board? Going digital on my rotation boards was one of the BEST decisions ever! It makes creating and updating your rotations SO fast & easy!
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PLUS with built-in timers in PowerPoint, you'll always be able to stay on track with your groups. (Because I ALWAYS go over my time if there’s no alarm!)
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I believe in these digital reading rotation boards so much, I'm giving them to you FREE when you join Small Group Success at https://www.smallgroupsuccess.net
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This is SUCH an important reminder! Sometimes the students we have are tough. Or they struggle. But our job is to show up and teach our hearts out for them... All of them.
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And the ones who make that hard to remember are probably the ones who need us most!
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I’m dying to know which type of reader you are! Do you prefer reading on a tablet 📱 or getting your hands on a paperback 📚? I’m a little of both. If I’m reading for fun, it’s the Kindle app (usually on my phone, because toddler). But if I’m reading anything for professional development or to create lesson plans & units, I need the paper in my hands. What about you?

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One of the easiest ways to get your class all kinds of excited about certain books in your library is to set them apart from the rest of the shelves... Put them in a cute basket on top. Stand them on the marker tray of your white board. Sit them out in your independent reading area.
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Find more simple ways to get your students excited about books at https://chalkandapples.com/independent-reading-activities/
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I LOVE this idea! Print out your word work options, laminate, and hang on a ring for students to grab and go! This is such an easy way to encourage student choice throughout the day.
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Grab word work activities you can use with ANY vocabulary words at https://chalkand.me/wordworkbundle
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