I'm totally loving have 16 days off for winter break. I actually do not return until Jan 6th! Last year we got 1 full week off and then went back on Jan 2nd...not a good deal!!!! I can't believe tomorrow is Jan 1, 2015! Time flies when you are having fun! We ...
The day before Christmas Break, I was at a Professional Development where they talked about ways to help with classroom management. I loved this idea!!! You assign one or two students to be a Work Station Manager. While you are at Guided Reading, if the light is on ...
If you are looking to level your classroom library in 2015, Literacy Leveler has been a helpful app for me!! It costs money (I paid $2.99 a while ago, and now the price is $3.99), while Scholastic has an app that is free. It provides both Lexile and Founts and Pinnell ...
What a fun linky!!! I loved 2014! Blessed. There is no other way to describe 2014. Find "cool" new things to do locally! In May 2014, I signed my children and I up through the public library for a wagon ride to see herds of buffalo. Little did I know, ...
What a fun linky!!! I love Christmas. We are celebrating Christmas this weekend with my family. Then on Christmas day we are driving 4.5 hours to celebrate Christmas with my in-laws. I love Josh Groban's Christmas music. Then I just download Darius Rucker's ...
I went to this professional development this afternoon and one of the sessions I attended was "Teaching Children with Trauma." Working in an inner-city school, the trauma that the students at my school have experienced is tremendous!! However, as teachers and caretakers, ...
We had a crafting day at our house yesterday!!! My children have numerous food allergies, so for the past four years, we've had a crafting day instead of a baking day! We made snowman jars for almond bard pretzels, a JOY sign, and NOEL letters! Snowman Jar Materials: -mason ...
I got instructions for how to do this from House on the Way. The sides are painted black. Please excuse the paper towel background...I was trying not to make a mess! I bought the letter from Hobby Lobby that was 13.5 inches tall. I think it was about ...
