Tammy, Forever in First, writes a great reflective post each week called Saturday Sayings. She has graciously asked Julie, Lighting A Fire in Third Grade, and Sandi, Literacy Minute, and myself to join her for the month of April. How fun! Please be sure to go their blogs too each Saturday and read their Saturday Sayings. If you have a… View Post
We have been working hard learning long vowel sounds. Whewww! That is hard for some of us to grasp. I found this poem to help us. I wish I knew who to give credit for the poem. I really like it. You sing it to the tune of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. Here is what it would sound… View Post
Recently we have been working on learning to infer when authors do not tell us everything that is going on with the characters in a story. This can be a difficult skill to master, especially for some of my struggling readers. I found these two great activities from Abby at The Inspired Apple. She made the super cute What’s In… View Post
Amy, over at Literacy and Laughter, is hosting a linky party on classroom libraries. Be sure to head over there to check out all of the other great photographs of how teachers organize their books in their libraries. I love, love books!! I try to pass that on to my students too. If they know anything about me, they know… View Post
Thursday was our Spring Fun Night at our school. We decorated and decorated! We tried to make everything look like spring by using flowers, pinwheels, balloons, wooden grasshoppers. Spring writing, flowers, and butterflies decorated the walls. Families were able to come and enjoy a night of food and carnival fun for free!! I think they really appreciated that! We had so… View Post
Just at the right time, I found this super cute king crown on Pinterest to help me teach “ing” this week. Love when that happens that you just happen upon something that you need for right then! This cute king crown and idea comes from Anita at Mrs. Bremer’s Kindergarten. It just worked so well for me this week! I… View Post
It may be March, but here it is like May! We have been so lucky with our weather. These last few days have been close to 80 degrees- wonderful! So who wouldn’t enjoy some pinwheel fun right now? These colorful pinwheels were found at everyone’s favorite place to shop- Target! Only a dollar each! I saw these and knew they would… View Post
