State Tests (PARCC this year) are around the corner and I am compiling some things to help my students (and I) get through the long two week...

I posted about this lovely little stamp on Facebook the other day and was blown away by the response, so I knew it deserved its own post! ...

For many of you, testing season is already here. I always found it so frustrating to do end-of-year tests 3/4 of the way through the schoo...

We work a lot in our class on formative assessment and thinking about where we are in our learning journey. I went to a professional develop...

I posted HERE about my Teacher Time Bin for Guided Reading Groups during Daily 5 . With kids who are below, on, and above grade level, this ...

I love using the Daily 5 in my class! If you want to see how I use it, check out my Daily 5 Series HERE . One thing I struggled with wa...

I love using Post-Its for the informal, quick assessments, but  I recently came across a fantastic resource for more formal conferences...

**UPDATE: Want to make these into a bookmark for a student desk reference? Click the photo below to be taken to a tutorial **  Do any ...