Happy, happy Saturday! It's been one heck of a week.  But thankfully, testing is over.   We have Field Day this upcoming week and I'm praying the kids  can release some of this built up energy. The May newsletter is hitting inboxes at this very moment! If you're not signed up, you're missing some fun, exclusive ...

Free Animal Theme Learning PrintableIt's the 14th of the month again, and here is the monthly freebie from Wise Owl Factory (Carolyn Wilhelm).  This month I have an animal theme freebie for math and literacy activities for Pre K and K.  Everything is in one 62 page printable, but you may select just the pages you would like for printing.  First, ...

Here are some more ideas to making test prep fun! I LOVE these games...probably more than my kids! Sometimes we play as a whole group.  Other times we have two or three different games/small groups going on.  It makes test prep and reviewing concepts so exciting! Here are some of the Bingo games ...

Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one.  Well, it is in my class anyway.   I used an entire bottle of glitter to make this for the doorway: We sang our hearts [...]

This week, I was fortunate enough to have a visit from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Coordinator for my district.  She is leading a book group I’m partaking in on the book Number Talks and volunteered to come in and demonstrate with my class. It’s always eye opening for me to sit with [...]

I’ve been getting lots of traffic on my “Freebies” page from blog followers and visitors. It occurred to me, though, that maybe not everyone has looked beyond the homepage of Lessons From The Middle.  I just had a peek at the Middle School Freebies collection that I started a while back, and I noticed that [...]

I have always been inspired to teach kids by theme. Since I was raised on a farm, I have always enjoyed teaching my kids about what it's like to be on a farm. I especially like cows, and so today I'm going to share my favorite activities that have a ''cow theme'' to them.  To begin, I'd like to share some terrific books about ...

I thought I would remind all my amazing friends, teachers, parents, and students that my huge giveaway is set to end at midnight.  Please be sure to head on over to 100,000 Views Giveaway to enter! To end my giveaway with a bang I have put my product that is in the giveaway the Kindergarten Bear Themed Math and Literacy Unit up for only $5.  ...

This summer (well, starting next week) I’ll be participating in another wonderful book study blog party.  This year’s book looks very interesting and thought provoking.  We’ll be reading and discussing Teaching in the Digital Age by Brian Puerling.  As someone who tries to integrate technology into my classroom whenever possible, my interest is ...

Interested in ways to use iDevices in your classroom?  This PDF from the SWAAC website, has a ton of great ides! Way Cool ''App''Tivities for Educational Settings Patrick Share this Do you know somebody else who would find this post interesting or useful? Please forward it to them. Did somebody forward this post to you? ...