Beach balls and sight words= learning and fun! I made this sight word beach ball years ago and just recently found it again in my closet (anyone else put things away so well that you forget you have them?). I got them out again and have been using them with my summer school groups. And they are having a ball!! … View Post
How is your school coming along with the process of Response to Intervention (RtI)? Is your school finding success with it or are you still in the process of trying to find your way? I have found that a lot of schools are still trying to find what works for them. We have been implementing RtI in our school for… View Post
How do you know when it’s summer? Do you sleep in every day? Do you have time to read something other than professional books? Maybe your alarm clock gathers dust as you sleep in every day! My husband always said he knew it was summer time because I always spent more money during the summer than I did during the… View Post
On Sunday, I posted about how our school made the decision to leave Accelerated Reader and go in a different direction. You can read about that post here. We decided that we could do better for our students and we want to promote reading for the pure joy and entertainment that it can bring rather than promote reading with rewards. … View Post
Have you ever heard a similar conversation (only with your name inserted instead of mine): “Mrs. Vines, Mrs. Vines! I made my AR goal!!!” This being said from an excited student and I follow up with “Great, I’m so happy for you!!” Then says excited student, “NOW I DON’T HAVE TO READ ANYMORE!!!” This comment has been said to me… View Post
Jeannie at Kindergarten Lifestyle is putting on a picture book linky! Everyone loves picture books, right? I know I do and I had a tough time narrowing this down to just one picture book! The Wide-Mouthed Frog is a fun and surprising book! First of all, it is a pop-up book and what kid doesn’t just get all excited for… View Post
We just recently had a huge reading party at our school. Every May we have a chocolate fountain as part of the festivities! The kids really enjoy that part! I don’t know if it is all that warm, gooey goodness cascading down or getting to dip all kinds of treats into that melted chocolate! This year, our librarian decided to… View Post
