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I know, I know... most of you are already long into your summer break... but my school hasn't ended yet!  This Monday will be the 176th day of school... and the final day for my kiddos! As such, I've been putting together my summer vacation packet for them and I decided to go with a day by day packet! The worksheets included follow a day by day pattern: Math Monday Tell Me About Science Tuesday Writing Wednesday Sight Words Thursday Phonics Friday The following skills are addressed: Math Monday Addition, Subtraction, Problem Solving, Numbers 0-20, Patterns, More and Less Tell Me About Science Tuesday Summer, Autumn, Five Senses, Seeds We Eat, Winter, Animals in Winter, Keeping Healthy, Spring, Butterfly Life Cycle Writing Wednesday Telling a story using first, next, and last Sight Words Thursday away, about, around, any, beside, boy, could, come, came, close, does, down, every, eat, first, from, funny, find, gave, going, help, how, inside, into, just, jump, knew, know, look, li...

My summer doesn't start for two more months... but that doesn't mean it's too early to join up on the summer bucket list party! Two summers ago, I spent all summer doing house projects.  Last year, I had big plans to get more projects done around here, but after the wedding/honeymoon I didn't quite have the motivation!  This year, I'm going to focus on getting a lot of house projects done! First, let me talk about the teacher-type projects: Blog To Do List #1 Post 1-2 freebies every week on my blog! Blog To Do List #2 Have lots more giveaways! Right now I'm having my 200 follower giveaway (through May 20, 2012).  I'm going to definitely have one each time I reach another 100 follower milestone!   Blog To Do List #3 Re-design my word wall so it goes along with my Cat in the Hat Classroom Theme! Teacher Project #1: Clear the Bookshelf! I have way too many workbooks that I NEVER use! I grabbed a bunch of them at the dollar store, and I had subscribed to the...

All over the blog world, everyone is talking about the end of the year!  I'm not even close to it!  I still have about 50 days left and two more report cards to write!  My school does start a bit late though... it starts after Labor Day, so it evens out. Anyhow, I've come across two linky parties with some end of year gift ideas, and I figure I'd do a quick blog post about the gift I gave my kids last year! Their gift included: -a beach bucket and shovel -7 books (see my previous post here to find out how to get books for dirt cheap) -a wiffle ball -bubbles -a toy car -a necklace for the girls (the boys got two toy cars) The kids loved it because it was simple and fun!  And it was pretty inexpensive thanks to dollar store deals.  But.. this gift had a catch!  Their end of year gift may look fun (and it was!) but it also was academic!  Check out my letter below to see how this gift helped them practice key skills over the summer!  Click the pictur...