We are wrapping up our Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences and I wanted to take a minute to share what I put inside of the folders I give to ...

I have posted about my love of student numbers in the past HERE , and mentioned these class list slips there, but wanted to offer up my t...

Over the years, I have tried many classroom rewards for students who go above and beyond during the school day. I try to avoid picking from ...

Welcome to February's "Monthly Thoughts"! Over the past year, I have been uploading a clickable PDF themed around that ...

We have a lovely school counselor this year who came to visit each of our classrooms and explain a common "Peace Process" for c...

Happy New Year and welcome to January's "Monthly Thoughts"! Over the past year, I have been uploading a clickable PDF t...

Happy Holidays and welcome to December's "Monthly Thoughts"! Over the past year, I have been uploading a clickable PDF ...

We use Word Work activities every day in our classroom to practice spelling in our Daily 5 . It has become an invaluable part of our w...

We ended this year with a mere thirty minutes between saying our goodbyes to our kids and having to leave the building because of the moving...

Happy Spring and welcome to May's "Monthly Thoughts"! Each month this school year, I will be uploading a clickable PDF ...

Theme can be a tricky topic to teach and one that I try to touch on all year long with the different Teacher Time books and read aloud books...

Happy Spring and welcome to April's "Monthly Thoughts"! Each month this school year, I will be uploading a clickable PD...

We begin the school year by learning cursive (we use Handwriting Without Tears ) and end the year learning how to touch type in a short ten ...