I know the last week before Christmas vacation can be a bit of a scramble, so I have scoured out a few great freebies to help with your plan...

Our district has common assessments that our students take approximately every 6 weeks.  Normally they take them during computers, but becau...

Have you ever used origami in your classroom?  I have been amazed at the lessons my students have learned!  So much more than just paper fol...

We had our last conferences for the school year last week, but I am just getting around to posting about them.  Is it just me or is that wee...

My poor kiddos have been subject to a crazy amount of tests in the past two weeks.  Last week we had MAPS testing as well as our common as...

If you have been reading my blog for a bit, you might already know that my kiddos have a way of "hijacking" my lessons as I like t...

I am participating in the book study at  We Read, We Blog, We Teach. Chapter 5 Read to Someone and Listen to Reading According to the...

I am participating in the book study at  We Read, We Blog, We Teach. Chapter 4 Read to Self  "Having children read to themselves...

When I did my student teaching, my lead teacher was just starting to implement Daily 5 and the CAFE, so my experience with it was very m...