Happy Sunday, no school Monday! I love Monday holidayswhen I feel like I can catch my breath and get caught up! Last week was a whirlwind with two half days, parent/teacher conferences, our daughter's birthday, our wedding anniversary and Valentine's Day! … [Read more...]
Eat More Hot Dogs!
It's all things Pigeons and Pilgrims in my classroom and this week we had some Pigeon fun, Thanksgiving-style! My class had a blast with this little twist on disguise-a-turkey and we made these Pigeon persuasive writing booklets from The Turkey Wants a Hot … [Read more...]
October Means Stellaluna!
Happy October friends! I'm on Fall Break this week, but school is never far from my brain! I'm planning for next week and wanted to show you some of the things we'll be up to! We'll be focusing on nocturnal animals through the end of the month but most of all, October … [Read more...]
Teaching with Tomie dePaola Books Part 4: Responding to Literature
Welcome to part 4 of the series, Teaching with Tomie dePaola books: Responding to Literature. In this post I'll walk you through some of the ways I have my students write about what they are reading during our Tomie dePaola author study. As we transition to … [Read more...]
Landforms and Spring Break!
Ahhhh, Spring Break! We were off last week and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of my restful and semi-productive 9 days! I say semi-productive because I didn't get as far ahead in planning for school as I wanted..... (My school bag still sitting where I left it the … [Read more...]
