My class is Goin' Buggy again. I posted about my Litter Bug Project last year and the annual tradition continues. Introducing the ''Stars'' of my  The Litterbug Lounge for 2012 You can get this project {HERE}It's perfect for Earth Day.You can grab a copy of my Litterbug Lounge sign for free on my original post too!

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 and stories my students create!Year after year, I am continued to be delighted with their ...

My students are writing about their holiday happenings acrostic style this week. Click and print Have yourself a merry little holiday!

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. Talbott was sleeping with a snoring cat beside her. Then, within a step from the cat, there ...

I know I mentioned that my No Cost Gift writing was a favorite of the season, but my Snow Globe project is on the top of my list too.  I have my students do this as a take home project, but you can also complete it in class. Students create a character inside their snow globe and then write a story about how the character came to be inside it. ...

A quick and easy Halloween project, and another way to use up old baby food jars: To make them, my Halloween-obsessed son brainstormed some spooky words.  (We'd just read the story Eek-a-Boo, so those words were on his mind.)  I told him how to spell the words, and he attached the stickers and dropped in the battery operated candles.  Real ...