This past weekend, my family went to my brother's wedding in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It was a blast, but boy am I tired! Traveling all day with two little ones is hard work! We spent time at Hershey Park and even took the chocolate tour at Chocolate World. I ate ...
This summer, my goal is to update all my units and lessons on my computer and get them up on Teachers Pay Teachers. I have so many fun lessons and ideas, I just need to add descriptions to them all so anyone can use them in their classroom. It sounds like an easy task, ...
I was super fortunate to participate in the Pinterest Teacher Blogger Exchange. For my gift, I got a set of super cute wine glasses that were dipped in chalkboard paint. They were on the Crafts board on my Pinterest, so I was so excited! Sandy from Soaring Sandy made ...
I'm linking up with April from A Modern Teacher, Teri from A Cupcake for the Teacher, and Hadar from Miss Kindergarten and creating my summer bucket list - all the things I want to get done this summer! #1 - DIY Chore Chart for my kiddos Via Pinterest #2 - Explore my city ...
I hope everyone thoroughly enjoyed the Teacher Appreciation Jackpot on Teachers Pay Teachers yesterday! It was so much fun to be a part of. I also snagged TONS of excellent freebies that I can use next year when I teach kindergarten! I am on my school's social committee ...
I spend a lot of time teaching my students how to problem solve. My grade level team does a Problem-a-Day format and works through a whole sheet together as a class. This shows the students the steps to take in solving a problem, how to know what strategies to use, ...
My class is almost done with the state reading test and we are gearing up to take the math test next. They are loving singing the Four Step Method song to help them get ready for the reading test! To help my students practice for the math test, we have been using ...
Bum, bum, bummmmm. It's here! State testing! Run for your lives! That's exactly how I felt during my first round of state testing this year. Having never taught a testing year before, I was terrified that my students' learning would not transfer to a computerized, ...
Some colleagues and I visited an amazing school today in Salem, Oregon: Myers Elementary. They have been integrating their ELD instruction into the regular subjects instead of doing a 30 minute pull-out model like my school currently does. My district ...
