Funky First Grade Fun

When I reflect on my years as a classroom teacher, I think about my students as individual learners. I spent a lot of time reflecting abo...

Extra!  Extra! Read All About It! My favorite author released her newest book, Chocolate Milk, Por Favor! Maria Dismondy is an ...

Since I started my new job as an instructional coach, it's been a little tricky for me to figure out how to keep blogging.  I've bee...

At the end of September, I posted a set of October Daily Messages for Kindergarten .  Would you believe that I'm just now gettin' ar...

In preparation for my looping experience and in celebration of my fancy new bins...I'm working on a giant book sorting project this summ...

In my district, word walls have been a hot topic for a while. Here are the issues we've been discussing... Are you required to ha...

Last week, we did a close reading using the book below during reader's workshop. It's from the Scholastic What Grows In Our Garden g...

It's time for our roadtrip on the Information Highway !   We're traveling on an informational text themed adventure for March. ...

We are finishing up our penguin research.  Well we're trying...but we have only had 2 days of school this week.  Seriously!  (President...

It felt so good to be back in my classroom with my students this week! They worked so hard and I was so wiped out by the end of the week. G...