I spent the morning at a school in DCPS today! I just love being in a school! I love being around kids! I love seeing teachers do what they do and do it well! So this morning I was part…
February Currently- Better Late Than Never
Better late than never- that’s an expression I use very infrequently because I’m rarely ever late! But, I kind of forgot to do this until I was looking at my friend’s blogs. Thanks Frizz in First for reminding me- even…
Vocabulary Go Fish
I’m working on a presentation called Purposeful Planning with the Common Core right now. One of the things we will be learning about in that session is Vocabulary and the call of the Common Core for explicit vocabulary instruction of…
Keeping Up With All the WRITING in Writer’s Workshop
I had a teacher contact me with this question: “I am in DESPERATE need of suggestions on how to handle the writing that is done during Writer’s Workshop. I am using the two taped together folders right now, but I…
My FIRST Guest Blogger…
Let me introduce my “kid sister teacher”. That is what I feel she is. She is a doll. She has been a participant in many of my trainings and she is just cute as a button. Here is a picture…