I don’t know about you guys, but I have one more week until I must officially report back. That means one more week of MY schedule. Embrace it! Enjoy every last minute of it! Pretty soon the we will be into October and missing our 2 months of summer vacation! (We never really have 3 […]
Happy Friday!!! Our district is still closed on Fridays so I am happily announcing that I am AT HOME today! WAHOO! Sometimes it’s just good for someone to make you stay at home. I haven’t changed my classroom “theme” or “design” for the last 4 years. It has remained the same bright, happy, colorful stick […]
Here in Texas, ya’ll, we don’t use the Common Core. We have TEKS as our curriculum. Then, within each district, most have their own curriculum. Mine uses CSCOPE. Last year was my first year in a district that uses CSCOPE. I felt like I spent half of the year trying to figure out all the […]
Oh, friends…how I adore my Cameo. I have a Cricut which my hubs gave me after my first year of teaching. I loved it and used it a lot. Then last summer I saw that Silhouette came out with the Cameo and it immediately went onto my Christmas list! I was super excited to be […]
Have you ever had a student struggle with reading comprehension? Maybe a student can read with a high accuracy score, but just can’t seem to grasp what the text is telling them. I sure have! When I put all the pieces together, I realized that my students needed more practice with reading fluency. As soon […]
Happy Friday!! Can you believe that our first August Friday is here already? Goodness gracious time has just flown! On my to-do list today is to finish projects around the house so that I can focus on school 100% next week. I’m linking up with Teaching Blog Addict today to join their Friday Freebie post. […]
After a ton of work and even tears, I finally figured out how to give my blog a new look! Silly html mess made me 7 kinds of crazy! (Speaking of new looks, don’t you just love picking out your first day of school outfit? Maybe it’s just me, but it never gets old…even at […]
I’m beginning to feel overwhelmed with back to school tasks already. Is anyone else feeling the same way? It’s a mixture between “AHHH! My summer is almost over!!” and “I can’t wait to get my classroom decorated!” and “Oh, that’s a fabulous new idea. How do I make sure I do that this year?”. SO […]
You all know how much I talk about writer’s workshop and how much growth I see in my students. One question I’m often asked is how to get started with writer’s workshop. I personally love to start with the setup so that my students are prepared for writing. When I was in the classroom, that […]
Today I’m linking up with Mrs. Lemons! I have fallen in love with both her school blog and her personal blog. She’s been so sweet and has been so encouraging to me, too. I’m so thankful for gals who love the Lord in blog land! 🙂 1. I’m the oldest of 3 kids. My brothers […]
Many of you have read and even pinned this post about DeBug. I never imagined that it would be so warmly welcomed! I have been working over the past week to come up with some activities for you to use to teach DeBug as we are all beginning to think about the new school year! […]
I have always tracked reading levels and discussed them with the students even. I think they like the challenge of knowing where they need to go next and the excitement of moving up a level. Many of my co-workers tracked fluency levels this year. I have just always tracked it once they were reading a […]
As the end of the year nears and we finish our curriculum, it’s a great time to review all that has been learned, while still having engaging lessons. This is no different with this end of year writing freebie. We spent some time doing fun writing since we finished our curriculum for writing and had […]
Summer break is wonderful for so many reasons, but it also can be so hard for so many of our little learners. Many times the lack of structure, routine, and the many unknowns make it tough for them. Often times, students’ first response isn’t to pick up a book or play a math game. Parents […]
We studied inventors a couple of weeks back. The kids LOVED it!! They got excited, couldn’t wait to see who we would learn about next and really liked making connections between inventors. We read picture books about each inventor (Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison). I passed out the pictures, words, and year pictures to […]
I have pretty much abandoned this sweet little blog since last November. So many sweet ladies have left me comments and even asked for some things. I have tried to keep up with those, but have just not had the energy to sit down, upload pictures (the few that I do have), and write. Today […]
We have talked and talked, until I’m about blue in the face and SO bored with it, about great American citizens. We focused on Benjamin Franklin for a couple of days. We read a couple of books and talked about his inventions. We also talked about the many things he helped begin in America–fire stations, […]
Our curriculum does not even touch Thanksgiving. I decided to sneak some in during our LA block. As I was reading a non-fiction book, I paused for the kids to fill in the word “Mayflower”. When NO ONE–and I mean absolutely no one–knew the name of the ship, I knew I had to find other […]
