If you’ve been following along for some time, then you already know my family and I made the move from Southern California to Idaho. I’ve received a lot of great questions about our move (our reasons, how to get another…
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National Education Association’s Read Across America is a time to celebrate a nation of diverse readers. I love celebrating Read Across America with my students and promoting my love for reading. Whether it’s listening to a read-aloud, listening to an…
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This was our first week back from winter break. I always have my students write about their goals for the new year. But, since we started so late into January this year I wanted to think of another new year…
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Have you read, Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers, by Jennifer Gonzalez from The Cult of Pedagogy? It’s a beautiful blog post of advice for first-year teachers to find their marigold. A marigold is someone who…
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One of my goals as a classroom teacher was to make learning more visible for my students. I wanted them to be in control of their own learning, so I always tried to give a clear picture of our learning…
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If you follow my Instagram, you’ll see a recent post about how I implement a Homework Choice system with my students. I received a lot of questions regarding how I implement this system and gain parent support. Here is how…
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When I was teaching, my favorite part of getting ready for the new school year was decorating my classroom with bulletin boards! These are some of my favorite bulletin boards from throughout the years. Click each title to find the…
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Whether you’re celebrating a week-long kindness themed week at your school or you’re looking for kindness activities to complete with just your class, I’ve got you covered! It’s important that we explicitly teach empathy, kindness, and compassion to our students….
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Summarizing text is such an important skill. Students learn how to summarize text as early as kindergarten by being asked to retell or recount familiar parts of a story, including key details. By fifth grade, students are not only asked…
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As the end of the calendar year approaches, I find my classroom supplies are dwindling down and I am ready for some restocking and freshening up! I usually do this during my holiday break, so now I am thinking about…
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