Month: June 2013

June 29, 2013

There’s a huge giveaway going on this week over at Ashley’s blog. Today is a huge giveaway so head on over there to see what you can win. You might even spy something from me in today’s giveaway. Good luck! I’m sure you’ve heard the news that Google Reader is going away on Monday. I…

June 27, 2013

 It’s time for another Throwback Thursday linky party with the fabulous Cara Carroll.  Before my throwback post, I got to spend some time with my nephew this weekend. He is just the cutest and already likes books. It makes my teacher heart happy! Now it’s time for some ice cream cake. Enjoy! __________________________________________________________________________________ Original post…

June 25, 2013

My district has chosen to adopt Reading Street 2013 for this upcoming school year. I am trying to get myself somewhat familiar with it before school starts. For all of you who have Reading Street, I have made words cards for the high frequency words and the amazing words. Here are the high frequency word…

June 22, 2013

Does cooperative grouping make you want to pull your hair out? If your district is like mine, it is a big part of your evaluation scores. Last year, I really focused on making sure my groups ran smoothly and without too much input from me. It was amazing how independently my kiddos worked by the…

June 20, 2013

I’m linking up with the fabulous Cara Carroll from The First Grade Parade for her new linky party. It was strange to look back at my early blogging days. I’ve learned so much since then. I’ve chosen one of my most popular posts for this linky. This post was originally from November 2011. I hope…

June 10, 2013

Happy Monday everyone! It’s time for my weekly Bookworms feature. You can check out my past two bookworms posts here and here. My book for this week is “Creepy Carrots” by Aaron Reynolds. Creepy Carrots! This is a cute book about a rabbit named Jasper who is always eating carrots out of a garden near…

June 9, 2013

I’ve made  a little change to my blog that you may not have noticed, I am now a .com. You should still be able to follow my blog the same way as before and the old blogger address automatically will send you to my new address. You can also follow my blog in a new…

June 7, 2013

This week, I am going to be focusing on another cute book that I got at the Scholastic sale. This book is from Lester Laminack. He has been to speak at my school several times and has lots of great books.   Three Hens and a Peacock  In this book, the three chickens are tired…