January 18, 2015
I have a confession to make. I have barely taught any science or social studies this year. Since it is no longer part of our schedule at school, I told myself that I would still teach it during the day. Well, that really hasn’t happened and I’m kinda mad at myself about it. What kid…
January 11, 2015
Well, I’m back. I’m not sure how winter break went by so fast but the first week back to school kicked my butt. I spent the last week of vacation in Jacksonville watching my Tennessee Vols play in their bowl game. So fun but I was not ready to go back to school at all!…
January 1, 2015
Happy New Year! My friends from Owl-Ways Be Inspired are having a fun giveaway to celebrate 2015. We are all giving away something fun on our blogs and you can win the grand prize of a $100 gift card to Amazon. I am giving away 2 of my favorite new books. These books are in …
December 14, 2014
Happy Sunday! I’m so glad that this is the last Sunday that I will have the Sunday blues for a few weeks. It’s been a rough few weeks at my school. It is hard to imagine a tragedy happening to your own school. For a few days, it just felt like a bad dream. Thank…
Christmas is my favorite time of the year. One of the reasons is because of all the fabulous children’s books that are about Christmas. I love sharing these books with my kiddos and I have a big collection of them to share. With my schedule this year, my time to share books I love is…
November 9, 2014
I’m back with my visual plans for the week. I had to take a little break because I have been having some health issues. I have had major shoulder pain since the end of June and nothing that I’ve done (therapy, rest, ice, cortisone shot) would help. A few weeks ago, I started having pain…
October 21, 2014
I’m a little late sharing my plans but better late than never, right?? My plans have a bunch of freebies linked for you. All you need to do is download the file to get the link. I would love a comment too! We are reading pumpkin books this week for fiction skills and also for…
Fall is my favorite time of year. I love all the fun themes that can be taught during this time of year. On Friday, my grade will be taking a trip to a pumpkin patch and I am so excited. So this week will be focused on pumpkins. Our main comprehension skill is cause and…