It’s March, which means I’ve found myself in test prep season yet again. Since apparently I’ll never be satisfied (cue Angelica Schyler for all my Hamilton lovers), I’ve switched up my test prep plan...
I was spending a lot of time planning and prepping for reading lessons, especially the first few days of a new skill. We typically focus on one reading skill a week which meant my...
I don’t know about you, but in my 11 years of teaching, I have had quite a few days where I run around nonstop all day, just to wonder on the drive home if...
I admit, I have never been one to go all out for National Poetry Month in April. I enjoy reading poems with my class and poetry books definitely get their rotation in my monthly...
Welcome to my blog! I wanted to return with an update on how our standards-based portfolios are going. If you missed my initial post about this, you can check it out here. First some...
Well, it’s almost that time again…test-prep season. Every year when pacing runs out and we enter our review/prep period before the state test, I like to switch things up for my 3rd grade readers....
My number one goal for the first week back to school is building a community with my students. I believe that community is created through shared experiences. One of the ways I create shared...
Regardless of the process or style you subscribe to, if you’re teaching elementary reading, you’re probably doing individual reading conferences with students. As a third grade teacher that teaches only reading, this became really...
*This blog was originally scheduled to post in March, but due to testing craziness and then end of year craziness, it is just now hitting the site. Enjoy! Test prep season is already...
It’s Black History Month! Now, I realize that Black History should be celebrated all year long and not just in the shortest month, and in my classroom it is, but I love Black History...
