Hello everyone! Now , this topic is deinfintely up for debate – no doubt about it – but I was thinking about  the 5 qualities of top teachers. Can I pick just 5? Could you? The answer is probably different dependening on who you ask but I thought it would

Hi everyone! A quick hello today to bring you a short freebie. Are your kiddos working on basic fractions? Are you thrilled it is finally spring? Well, I combined the two to make a Spring Fraction Task Card Set and I am bringing you a sample of it today –

Hey All! These pictures makes me go, “Noooooooo!” So my students have been driving me a little crazy lately with the pencil sharpener. We have an electric one that is very good – I have had it for at least 4 years and I have repaired it probably 6 times

Happy National Poetry Month! I am so excited to have joined in with some other teacher bloggers for a poetry hop to celebrate! After you check out my post, be sure to head over to Second Gradalicious’ blog here to see what she posted (or click on her cute button at

Hi everyone! Here is a quick post on a sunny Sunday ( yay) to share a Leprechaun graphing freebie. I use it with my second graders but your 1st and 3rd graders might get some mileage out of it too . Click on the link to snag it!

Top Of the Mornin’ To You! Need some ideas for St. Patrick’s Day read-alouds or resources? Hopefully these ideas can help you. First, a collage of St. Patrick’s Day books that you could read aloud to your class or children, take out of the library, buy, or borrow! Click on

I am linking up again with Farley at Oh boy Fourth Grade for the Currently Linky. For the last question you have to guess what the question was, so please comment and tell me what you think, and do you agree?

It is Friday and I am back with Five for Friday! Linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching!  I always have to have a pic of my handsome boy, so here is an adorable (IMHO) shot of him sleeping away. He looks sooo tired!  We JUST Had our 100th day of school

For those of us in New England that got buried with 8 more inches of snow, it is hard to believe but spring training has started! To celebrate and try and get myself out of the winter blahs, I am working on a ballpark estimate product. Those of you who