I love a good read aloud! The first week of school is a time to build relationships and become a class family, learn and practice r...

Snowflake Similes are one of my favorite winter activities.  This past week we read Snowflake Bentley , and did numerous activities wit...

Two Questions: 1) Do you teach about the Gold Rush? 2) Have you read this book?   It's a nonfiction book that is fu...

I'm just going back in time, catching up on what's been new this year.  This is the first year I am incorporating writing into n...

I know I've been sharing a lot of behind the scenes lately.  It helps me when I write down my thoughts and to bounce ideas around. ...

This past week I spent a lot of time texting with my teammates, trying to figure out how we were going to change up our ELA block for t...

The other day I saw this post over at Teaching in Room 6 and I thought WOW!  I mean my kids do activities with our Read Aloud on a biweekly...

I love reading in my classroom.  I know I've talked about that before - I adore my Read Aloud time.  During this past year we read 1...