Hello Everyone!  I am Heather from Teaching Through Turbulence.  I am excited to be guest blogging here today! It is back to school time for me and just like every school year… I find out that the kids forget many things over the summer (or at least they pretend to

I am an animal lover – I think if I had the money, time, space (and wasn’t allergic to cats) I’d have several dogs and at least one or two cats. I am very happy with my one (giant) dog though. (see below). I’ve been working with children for many

Hello! I’m Susanna from over at Whimsy Workshop – so happy to be guest posting for Bex! I decided to get a bit techy today and talk about how to use Prezis in your classroom.  I was introduced to Prezis by the lovely Carolyn over at Holding Hands And Sticking

It’s 9:30 am and I am sitting here waiting for my super lazy Saint Bernard to get up to go outside. He hasn’t been out yet! This is not new news – he is so low energy this happens regularly now that he is older! While I wait I wanted

I was so thrilled earlier this month to realize I had gotten 200 followers of my Teachers Pay Teachers Store! That, along with the 200 followers of my Facebook Page and 200 followers of my blog helped turn what was a pretty stinky start to the month into a exciting

I love working on antonyms, synonyms, and homophones. I am always looking for new ways to teach them. In my classroom I have this fun book: Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym by Bryan Cleary. It is a fun jumping off point.    Of course, once

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your summer. Is anyone taking any fun trips this summer? I went to visit my cousin and her family in Virginia right after school got out. Next week my mom and I are going to be going to Vermont to do

Plural nouns can be so tough!  I found a couple of neat ideas for plural noun practice and if you stay ’till the end of this post there is a freebie! Yay! Is it childs or children? Schools or schooles? Foxes or foxs? Mouses or mice? Mr. Hughes has a