Patricia Polacco is one of my favorite authors to use in the classroom. She is such an engaging storyteller. My class was riveted to this author study video today. I plan to now have my students practice sharing a family story of their own with this assignment: Read More...

Last night I had my Open House. What a LONG, but fun evening. Here are some of my favorite highlights. Mini Me Students This is my signature Open House project I do every year. You can find my original post about these cuties {HERE} Name Wordles Equivalent Read More...

If you missed my original post about my Snow Globe Project , take a look at some cute snow scenes from this year's class. It's Abe Lincoln in a Snow Globe! The Big Apple in a Snow Globe What I love BEST about this project is the variety of characters Read More...

I mentioned in my Snow Globe project post that a previous student put ME into her snow globe and wrote the cutest story ever. I pulled it out of my FOREVER file to share with you! The story adds even more cuteness: It was a day before Christmas and Ms. Read More...

Today we had a "Twist of Fun"! My students presented tongue twisters . I assigned each student a tongue twister to practice at home, copy, illustrate, and color. Then the tongue tying fun began! Here are some samples: You can get this project file {HERE} Read More...

My class has loved reading Patricia Polacco's The Keeping Quilt the past two weeks. It's such a special story about the importance of family and traditions. Students completed their own family tradition quilt square too and were proud to share a piece Read More...

My absolute favorite part of my geography unit is when my students create their own compass rose. Prior to sending this project home we've spent time in class learning about both cardinal and intermediate directions. I even do a PE Compass Rose Relay Read More...