Yesterday was Funny Hair Day.  As we continue to count down the days until the end of the year, we seem to have more and more fun.  Yesterda...

My students have been really well behaved lately (actually, they are most days), so we're doing an Alphabet Countdown through the end of...

 Today, we tried something new (not the jicama that we had for snack either)!  We tried a variation of the R.A.F.T. writing strategy.  Tr...

My students are amazing...simply amazing!  I am so impressed with the work they have been doing in literature circles.  Literature Circles...

I have to admit that I one of the things I love the most in life is a great deal.  Finding useful and FREE teacher materials is one of the t...

Fractured Fairy Tales are so much fun to write with students.  We had a really good time with it this year.  I did something different this ...

Fluency can be so difficult to teach.  It seems that teachers today are overwhelmed with the ever-popular WPM (words per minute) data.  Howe...

Sharing and finding teaching resources is a passion of mine.  So, here' s a start.  Most of the materials on this blog can be used for m...