I finished up with school on Tuesday. Well, the kids finished Friday and thanks to the terrible winter we had, the teachers still had a professional day on Monday, and then a make up professional day on Tuesday. It was a very long and difficult home stretch this year. Let me back up and explain. Shortly after the school year started I heard about this tax referendum on the ballot this year. Our district is
Have you heard of C. Jayne Teach and her fantastic Teacher Anchor? Last year, I saw it floating around blog land. I love all things organization, especially planners. I ordered a personalized planner this year (non-teaching), and then ended up buying another one because it wasn’t juuuuust right. I am so excited to see the new Teacher Anchor and how it’s been cleaned up and simplified for teachers. Plus it’s FREE shipping and you can’t
This is the time of year when it all comes together. The hours and hours of hard work are on the line for the big, important state test. Kids are not only practicing the skills they’ve learned this year, but also applying them with increasing difficulty. Early in the year, I shared this image of our problem solving wall. We start practicing problem solving very early on in the year. No matter how much we
I have been away from blogging the last month or so. It was the end of the quarter and we had report cards and conferences. I’ve had a cold that won’t go away. And spring just has seemed to be refusing to arrive, thus putting a damper on my spirits. I have been busy in other ways though. I don’t think I’ve shared here before, but a while back in December, I decided to open
I’ve decided to do a new, regular feature on my blog called Book Look. There are SO many fantastic trade books out there that it’s so hard to know about all of them. Plus, new ones keep coming out. I thought it would be fun to share many of them with you. I already have a Children’s Books tab on my website, but I’m terrible at updating it, so this will help me stick to
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