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New Year....New Blog Goal!

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Being a reflective teacher is my goal for this year! I am hoping that transitions into being more consistent with my blog posts. I have had a rocky start, but I am optimistic for the future. Weekly lesson plans are a great place to start. The lesson plans that I turn in to administration are a little lengthy! I am still working on making them more meaningful to what I need on a daily basis. It is a living document, so I make changes often. I keep my basic structure and the required components, but I have been trying to add for myself. My morning starts with the amazing Daily Morning Work from Young, Teacher, Love . I purchased it from TpT here: 5th Grade Common Core Daily Morning Work . My students love this resource and I love that is aligned to the Common Core! It is a great filler as my students trickle into the classroom from breakfast. After everyone is in we start our Read Aloud. I preferred to have my read aloud after lunch, but our lunch time has since moved so I now st