Okay, first of all – I’m so sorry about the typo in the title of my last post! Ugh…made my stomach turn when I saw it. I know that my typing (and my spelling skills) need work sometimes but a mistake in the title? So sorry! Good thing I never claimed to be perfect, huh? [...]

I am SO excited to announce “The Ultimate Middle Years Giveaway and Blog Hop”. This event has been designed with you amazing middle school teachers in mind, by myself and partner in crime Ann Marie Smith author of Innovative Connections. If you haven’t visited Ann Marie’s blog, go, visit, follow! Her writing style is very accessible [...]

Here are my two little monkeys (that just happen to live with me!) demonstrating the best management technique EVER for the beginning of kindergarten.  You can read more about this back to school management technique here:Although this is definitely my favorite style, I made a few different styles for you to choose from or use a variety of styles ...

Sorry it has taken me forever to get back on here.  I've been busy setting up my classroom and getting ready for the new school year.  My class list is very strange this year... I have two Mollies, two Kamerons, two Kelli's, two Jennas, and two Tylers.  In all my years of teaching, I have never had this many doubles!  This year is going to be ...

Yesterday was my first day with kiddos, 24 bright smiling faces!  They are adorable and oh, so funny! We are working on routines, procedures, and more routines, and I'm completely spent!! We have a fire drill Friday! Can't wait!! Early bedtime tonight, for sure!!  Here's a little vocabulary booklet you may find handy this time of year- or ...

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!! Who doesn't love this story?!  This a great book to begin the year with. It is a great introduction to letters. I am sure you already have this book in your library...IF NOT, then you can purchase your copy here...click on the cover. I just uploaded my ''Chicka Chicka Literacy Unit!'' If you click on my title ...

If you have not visited The Lesson Cloud yet, well, you should be ashamed! Just kidding, of course! But seriously, The Lesson Cloud is an awesome collaborative blog (I happen to be a contributor) for all grade levels and subject areas. It is a virtual “cloud” if you will, of lesson ideas and activities that [...]

I have been taking a bit of time to work on things that I am going to be using in my classroom come August, and I thought I would share them with you.  All of this is stuff you have seen before, but I thought putting all of the links in one post might be helpful.  So here we go. I have been working mostly on getting things ready for the ...

Like many of you, I spend the first days of school talking about procedures, rituals, and routines in the classroom.  Within that spectrum, lies the rules of my room.  I go into my year knowing the rules I want ahead of time.  I know there are some schools of thought that say you should come up with a class set that the students brainstorm.  ...

I am FINALLY getting on the Currently train. Since Farley at Oh Boy 4th Grade is so nice to keep everyone up to date on each other, I figure it is about darn time I get with the program around here!  So here we go :) So there you go!  A little bit of what is going on with me Currently.  :)   Make sure you head over to Oh Boy 4th Grade and ...