Three. Weeks. In three weeks, I will be starting my  fourth year  as a first grade teacher.  I swear it seems like I've only been on sum...

In my district, we do not have a basal or a phonics program (pause for the angels to descend upon us in a beam of glowing light). While I lo...

It's been a while, dear blog. While my blog has taken a bit of a back seat lately, I have had a few sparks of creativity this summer w...

We've got a new evaluation tool about to hit in my district. Perhaps you've heard of my dear friend, Charlotte Danielson? Well I...

One thing that I love about teaching science to primary students is that they come in filled with misconceptions.  There are so many teachab...

It's Sunday and my back-to-school anxiety is in full swing. I haven't set foot in my classroom since I left at 3:00 on our last day ...

A post on this blog is way overdue! And so was a makeover on my best selling product on TPT, my Ezra Jack Keats author study . I've use...