Another day and another dollar, but a day spent in a school and with kids! I love days like these. I had my camera at the ready- and I found some things worth a Show and Tell post! Woo-hoo! Thank…
Prayers for West, Texas
I am so sad to hear of the explosion in West, Texas! West is a small community in Central Texas. Everyone knows everyone! This entire community is feeling the pain of the plant explosion. I just want all of my…
Thumbs Up Thursday
Tagging onto my last post about Fluency… look what I found! The Poetry Theater found on this site is perfect to add to the Fluency Work Station!Poems for Two Voices is certainly worthy of a Thumbs Up Thursday!
Show and Tell at H.D.Cooke
Another day out in DC Public Schools! I was snapping away! I hope you enjoy some of the sights from H.D. Cooke Elementary, the same way I did. DCPS (and the research) says that kids should know their own reading…
Shout Out Linky
As if we don’t already all have enough blogs to read… I want to SHOUT OUT a few more! Thanks to Growing Firsties for this fun LINKY. My first shout out is to a woman I have started to call…
This Touches My Heart
I just saw this fundraiser and wanted to share with others… please consider contributing. Looks like the best $10.00 of products I’ve ever seen! If you are able, and if you want some free teaching goodies, please consider contributing. You…
May the SCORES be with you!
Saw this on a facebook post of a school in Texas. I want all Texas teachers to know that I am with you in spirit this week. May the FORCE be with you!
April Currently
It’s APRIL already? Really? I love that it is closer to summer which is closer to boating season, but I feel like March just FLEW right by me! I need things to slow down so I can catch up! I’m…
Writer’s Notebook- LINKY
I’m going to take a stab at another LINKY. I have only done a few of these! I’ll admit, they make me feel a little out of my league, but Writer’s Notebook… that is a topic near and dear to…
March Madness Book Bracket
Well my basketball bracket is NOT doing so well, but look what I came across when BLOG HOPPING today (so appropriate to HOP on Easter). Thanks to Cafe 1123, the March Madness can continue! Books can fight to the death…
Class Dojo
I am all for things that work! I saw CLASSDOJO on display in a classroom in DC and it looked like it was working for that class, that teacher, and those students. I put it on my list to come…
Fun with Fluency Work Station
In DCPS we suggest teachers use Literacy Work Stations while they work with Guided Reading groups. One of those stations is a Fluency Work Station. At lunch during a recent training for DCPS teachers (Day 3 of a 3 day…