We've completed all of the data checklists for K-6!! Just enter in each student's name and start recording your data. (There are multiple ways to record and we have provided some examples for you, but really you can do it however you want). Some of you have asked if this goes well with our Common Core Galore Checklists and the answer is YES! I use BOTH every day! These checklists are used for my gradebook and the CC Galore checklists are used to keep track of when I teach what. These are perfect for report cards, RtI, data for PLCs, or to give you detailed information for your small group work. Kindergarten Checklist: Kindergarten Combined Math and ELA Data Checklist 1st Grade Checklist: 1st Grade Combined ELA and Math Data Checklist 2nd Grade Checklist: 2nd Grade Combined ELA and Math Data Checklists 3rd Grade Checklist: 3rd Grade Combined ELA and Math Data Checklists 4th Grade Checklist: 4th Grade Combined ELA and Math Data Checklists 5th Grade Checklist: 5th Grade Combined ELA and Math Data Checklist 6th Grade Checklist: 6th Grade Common Core Data Checklists Each download contains: -Common Core data checklists for math -Common Core data checklists for ELA -Examples on how to record your data -Binder covers to help you stay organized The best part about these checklists is that they are editable! You will be able to enter your students' names on the first document, and it will automatically fill in their names on EVERY page! If you would like to purchase the ELA or MATH checklists separately, you can find them here: K-2 3-5 We also have CCSS Checklists We also have checklists available! These make it so you can "check off" things as you teach them so you can track what/when you've taught. Click each picture to check them out! Here's an example of how these checklists can help you organize and teach the Common Core:

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These Greek Chicken Gyros are a healthy Greek marinated chicken recipe topped with fresh tzatziki sauce. You can make your own pitas or just eat the chicken with toppings by itself.

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Happy Sunday!!! I can’t seem to make time for blogging during the week! I think I need to start making Wednesday my day of blogging… otherwise it just doesn’t seem to get done. By Friday I am exhausted!! Anyway… Last week my classroom was all about weather, suffixes, informative writing, and fractions. Here are a […]

Piping hot and puffy from the oven, this golden pancake made a pretty presentation for a skier's theme breakfast I hosted. Served with homemade buttermilk syrup, it's an eye-opening treat. Make several German pancakes if you're feeding a crowd, and keep in mind that my easy syrup tastes great on waffles and French toast, too. —Renae Moncur, Burley, Idaho

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My grandma makes these every time we go over for dinner. I got my starter from her, so I too make these every couple weeks when I need to use up some starter. They are really fast and easy, and taste delicious right out of the oven.

This summer I came across a rhythm game on Pinterest called Busted! It seemed really fun and SUPER easy to make! All I needed was some color craft sticks. It's a game where kids go around the circle and take turns pulling a stick from a cup/jar and say the rhythm on the stick. It's cumulative, so each time they pulled a stick, they had to start with their first one and say all that they had in order. Well, if someone pulled a Busted! stick, they needed to put all the rhythm sticks back into the cup and start all over. You play the game until all sticks are out. **See the original pin here from Stay Tuned! by Steph. Great blog! Thank you for the inspiration for another version! So, I was sitting around my house on the multiple snow days we had this year (count 'em: 6 snow days!) We've only had 1 in the past 5 years! I digress...back to my inspiration. My students LOVE Busted! So, I thought, HEY! ...why not create a pitch name one both for Treble and Bass Clef?! So, I did! I love it when I get a clever moment. It essentially is played the same, but instead of saying all the rhythms, kids pull a stick and say the pitch name, and they need to go back and each one in a row. When a Busted! stick is pulled, then all the pitch name sticks are returned to the cup. Game directions:

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We would all like to think we would never miss a day teaching our kiddos and I wish that were the case too! But there are always things each year that prevent us from being in the classroom, whether that is professional development, attending conferences, doctor appointments, staying home because we are sick or being at home with sick kiddos. I don't know about you, but since I usually didn't plan to be gone, I didn't have a great set of sub plans prepared. Then last year that changed. In October I missed over a week of school due to pneumonia. I felt so bad that I wasn't prepared well for a sub. I e-mailed our PE teacher and told her what videos I had that could be left for each grade, but I didn't have a great set of sub plans so that kids could really continue having meaningful music classes even in my absence: That February as my state music conference was approaching and I knew I would be out of school yet again, I decided to put together a set of sub plans that I could use again and again and that I wouldn't have to worry about preparing each time. I don't know about you, but when I am gone, there is not a certified music sub. Most of the subs I get are not comfortable singing with the kids, so I had to make sure that anything I planned were things they could be successful with. So here's a peek at what I came up with: An editable binder that includes: - Your daily schedule (a different page for each day) - Drills/Emergencies - Technology Available (and room to explain how to use it all) - Where to find Materials Needed (pencils, boards to write on, crayons, instruments, etc.) - Singing Games for Substitutes - list by grade level the singing games that your students know well enough to play with a student leader. - Student leaders - a place to list student leaders in each class who could lead singing games, rhythm games, etc. if the sub is not musically inclined. - Editable Seating Chart - A list of procedures, where to find things, drills, and pages to fill out how each grade/class did: - Printable forms for the sub to fill out what they did, any helpful students, and any behavior issues. - Singing games and directions for those games along with a CD of me singing those songs. Many of those could be used with multiple grade levels. - A list of student leaders for each class. These students might be in charge of leading a singing game or starting an "I have, who has rhythm game". - 5 different mini lessons that go along with children's literature for the music room. My kiddos did this one for the book "When You Wish Upon a Star" this week when I was teaching a workshop at our Learning Center. Find a FREE mini lesson for another book here. I love leaving these kinds of lessons for my students, especially when they have a CD to accompany the book, so the sub doesn't have to stress about singing the book. This is also a great time to introduce some composer books! - Games that they can play without any sub help (just a student leader) such as Post Office, I have, Who Has, Telephone Rhythm Games, and some of my rhythm races games. Now, when I need to be gone for whatever reason, I don't have to stress out because I already have a plan in place. With these singing games, children's literature lessons, and rhythm games, my I can always have something ready and when I need a sub in an emergency and I am not able to get sub plans ready the day before, a sub can look through everything and pick and choose which activities they feel comfortable with. It has been such a life saver. So I encourage you, put in a little time up front to create a sub tub. If want something that is already done for you and you just have to add your specific info, check out my sub tubs (with games and without games). Need a few freebies to fill your sub tub with? Check out my free children's literature mini lesson, as well as these other freebies that are great for subs: High/Low Ready, Set, Print worksheet samples (if your students are practicing high/low) Low Sol Ready, Set, Print worksheet samples (if your students are practicing low sol) Candy Corn Rhythm Races: dotted quarter eighth patterns Freeze Dance Freebie

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One day last week, my son came to me and said, "Mom, you have to do this with your kids at school!" With determination, he taped it up on our morning message board for all of the children to see, along with a message to, "Have fun!" Well, how could I not do it? Once the children saw it, they all wanted to complete this experiment. We ended up using white carnations as they were more easily available. If we do this again, however, I will be sure to get the roses because it was a challenge slicing the stems of the carnations... In any case, here is our modified version (which has produced no less enthusiasm!) :) Colored water and carnations. Some children drew their observations on the first day... On the second day, we were greeted with this! Blue seemed to have worked the best, while green was hardly visible. This did not seem to bother anyone - they were so excited... This is an example of a student's 'after' drawing.

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For some reason this is known in the Antipodes (and I got this recipe from a Kiwi) as Russian Fudge and, although I like this name better, I feel that it perhaps leads the rest of us to expect something altogether more exotic, when this is the plain, comforting, yet temple-achingly sweet, confection of my childhood. I confess that even listing the ingredients below makes me hyperventilate slightly. I am no stranger to excess, but even I baulk somewhat at the amount of sugar and so on needed. But it does make an awful lot of fudge: as you can see, my portion control is rather erratic, but I reckon you can get 77 pieces out of it. I also have to preface this recipe with a warning: fudge is not exactly difficult to make, but it is dangerous. Unless you proceed with caution you will burn your pan and yourself. Never leave the pot, and make sure there are no children nearby. Mobile telephones are banned for the duration, too. You need to use your own instinct as to how long to cook the fudge. The recipe I was given indicated it took 20 minutes; my fudge was ready after 12. Just make sure you have a bowl of cold water nearby. Drop small amounts of the molten fudge into the water and if it sets (known as soft ball stage) it's ready. Or you can use a sugar thermometer, which will indicate 'soft-ball stage'. The final whisking is what turns what is a pan of toffee (though you could leave it like this if you want smooth fudge) into grainy texture traditional fudge — or what the Scots call Tablet — demands. I highly recommend adding some sea salt flakes — I imagine two teaspoons should do it — but since I made this for my daughter (and children are nothing if not traditionalists) I didn't dare stray from convention. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.

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What is the meaning of life? The purpose of existence? How do we, as humans, find happiness here on Earth? These are the questions Maslow strove to answer with his Hierarchy of Needs.

Abraham Harold Maslow was a psychologist who studied positive human qualities and the lives of exemplary people. He created a pyramid diagram that is now famously known as "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." I have created a cartoon version of the diagram, and hope it will make a great addition to your c...