The last day before Christmas break was our big reading party!! What fun we had too! Our school decided to try a year without using Accelerated Reader (AR). You can read about our thinking on why we made this change to let AR go by clicking here. This was our 2nd party of the year to celebrate reading (read about… View Post
Christina from Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge is hosting a linky! We get to showcase our best posts from our blog for this past year. What fun! When you finish reading mine, go join up and tell us about your blog’s shining moments too! Just click on the picture above to be taken to Christina’s blog so you can link up. … View Post
Pete the Cat saved Christmas. Before heading off for Christmas break, we had just enough time to finish up our Pete the Cat unit and making these cute Pete the Cats in stocking hats! I do not have much time with my students (30 minutes per day) so I speed things up by having all the pieces cut out and… View Post
I am joining Michelle in her Pinterest Favorites Linky party! How Fun!! I love discovering great ideas on Pinterest and am happy to share with you my Pinterest boards and a couple of my favorite pinners to follow. Go check out my boards and follow me on Pinterest if you like them! You can do this by clicking on my… View Post
Groovy buttons, colorful buttons, big and small buttons! Kids go crazy for buttons! We read Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. It is our 3rd Pete the Cat book that we have been reading, writing about, and filling in a comparison chart. My other Pete the Cat links are here. This link will take you to our Pete… View Post
With my heart breaking, I am joining with other teacher bloggers in a day of silence on our blogs to honor and remember those from Sandy Hook Elementary and their community. For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,… View Post
I just LOVE this time of year, don’t you? The decorations, the feeling of good will towards one another, all the baking and cooking, and of course the Real Reason for the Season! In the spirit of the holidays, I thought I would share some Christmas books with you. First is There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell!… View Post
