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

It’s Time to link u p to Farley at Oh Boy Third Grade for Currently. Here’s mine! So the 2 truths and a fib…. 1. I go to Starbucks almost daily. So true! I actually just ordered some Mocha Powder though and I have some espresso beans so I can

This weekend I realized I need to send out my pre-Valentine’s Day letter to all the parents. That means it is almost time to do the exchange of Valentines itself and that may mean it’s time for kids or even the teacher to make their own Valentine box or bag.

I’m linking up with Andrea of Reading Toward the Stars for Book Talk Thursday! Andrea was discussing how to help your students create vivid descriptions of characters in their writing. I think a huge part of that is analyzing characters they read about to learn what great characters look like,

I’ve been busy thinking about Valentine’s Day and planning fun and useful activities that relate to what we are working on in school. I decided to come up with a list of books and lots of other resources that you would enjoy using in your class this year and maybe

I realized it is time to get my Martin Luther King Jr. stuff out, and in fact I’d better hurry. With the late start of school due to the  snow storm and MLK Jr. day being fairly early.. uh oh. Almost out of time! I compiled a list of the