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Thursday, March 10, 2016

A STAAR is Born!

Yall! I have been slaving away to share with you one of the hardest things I've ever created. As a math teacher last year, I understand the importance of repetitiveness when it comes to skills. My students have struggled this year with a lot of the basic skills of reading, like using context clues, fact/opinion, and cause & effect. So I started scouring the internet for resources that would quickly review those things and came up short everywhere I looked. I remember a resource our school purchased last year for math and I thought "I need that for reading" BUT IT DOES NOT EXIST! This is where my reading spiral review was born. Talk about a labor of love. I will be starting it with  my fourth grade babies the day we return from Spring Break to get them motivated and ready for the dreaded STAAR. 


Here is a SNEAK PEEK into what all is included:

9 Mini Anchor Charts!
They are low prep, print 2 to a page, and can be used to reteach and review the skills.







30 DAYS of Spiral Review!

Each day hits the same 8-9 skills!
Authors Purpose
Cause/Effect
Dictionary Skills
Context Clues
Drawing Conclusions
Point of View
Fact/Opinion
Similes/Metaphors
Problem/Solution



I really tried to make these meaningful and rigorous so that my students get the necessary daily practice. Stay tuned for how I will implement these into my classroom using Kahoot, Jenga, Trashketball, and MANY MORE GAMES!

You can find this in my TPT store along with a STAAR Math Spiral for 3rd.


Monday, March 7, 2016

Hello World


Hello World! I am so excited to debut my new blog design. I worked tirelessly trying to figure out how to mesh my education world with my makeup world. Hence, when Brains & Beauty was born. For those of you who have been following my journey, you know that I am an elementary teacher. I looped with my 3rd grade babies to 4th this year and it has been a whirlwind. I also recently became a Younique presenter because I fell in love with their products. Not one, but all! 


I hope that you continue to follow my journey as I trudge through the rest of this school year and the STAAR test with my 4th grade loves. Stay tuned for makeup tutorials and a fun giveaway as well!