Have you ever read an educational book that recharges your batteries and reignites your excitement for teaching? I can honestly say that almost every professional book I’ve ever read (apart from the boring ones ;)) has that affect on me. I think that reading about new ideas, new strategies, and success stories is so important to keeping your teaching mind…
Hey Friends, I’m just popping by really quickly to share a freebie with you all. My school is preparing to start the Daily 5 next year, and since I’ve had experience with it, I’m helping to get some materials together. I decided to start with some cute writing prompts. Just print, laminate, and cut. Your students can pick two and…
Hi All! Yesterday I went to a bunch of yard sales and got some REALLY great stuff! If you remember, I posted previously about my new tropical theme. I was on the hunt for books and cool tropical items. Here’s what I got. I saw this wicker shelf as I was driving by a yard sale, and I just had…
The two firsties I pull for RTI and are still working on our short vowel word families using our flippers, but we’ve also started working on our digraphs. More specifically, we started with the sh sound. Teaching the sh digraph is always fun because kids love to tell each other shhhh! I introduced the sound using this anchor chart,…
Hello and Happy Monday! Ever feel like this? This is how I feel after my crazy, fun, busy, hectic weekend. The children’s musical went great, but boy am I beat! Since Friday, we had 4 dress rehearsals and 3 performances. I don’t know about all of the kiddos, but I came home on Sunday when it was all over and…