Today was our first day back from break! I knew that students would be excited to see one another. They get very social after long weekends! Our Daily 5 Room Maps are helpful during days like today! The maps serve…
Math homework doesn’t have to be a worksheet! Thanks to my colleague, Jessica Marchant, who introduced me to her version of math homework this year, my students and parents have come to enjoy math homework in a new, engaging, and non-family-time-intrusive…
We’ve just started year two of Words Their Way (WTW) at our school. Managing 4-5 groups within your classroom seems like a daunting task, but with a little planning, training, and organization, it’s possible! I have created a SMARTboard file that…
I was recently asked where my “Working with Words folders (w/ pocket charts) were on my site. This led me to discover that the page never was recreated. Yikes! I did find the photos on my computer and thankfully, Internet Archive…
We know that our students come to us with a variety of interests, skills, and learning styles. We do our very best to meet their needs through differentiation strategies and perhaps even some individualization. But what about personalized learning? What…
“I want to level and organize my classroom library. Which apps are best for classroom libraries?” I’ve noticed this question surface a lot this summer. Library Thing houses my library catalog. It contains information about book levels, book categories. It’s also…
I recently finished my AVMR 2 math training. We were trained last year in AVMR 1. If you ever get a chance to attend the training, I highly recommend it! The training gave me a better understanding of how children learn…
Our busiest month for anchor chart creation? September! When I moved my site to the new server, and transferred from a website to a blog (this blog!), I didn’t create posts to showcase my anchor charts. On my old site,…
I’m revamping the way I do my weekly lesson plans. In an effort to lessen the amount of time it takes me to lesson plan, I’m utilizing something that I already create for my students to create my new lesson…
I was reluctant to get on the GOOGLE Bandwagon. It was mostly Google Drive’s fault. I just couldn’t dream of giving up Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. For two years I missed out on the wonderful opportunities that Google Apps provide…
