August 1, 2014

My third annual linky party “Show Off Your Space” will be posted on Saturday, August 9th. Start taking pictures of your classroom to share on your blog and link to my linky party. I had so much fun looking at other people’s classrooms for the past 2 years. No blog, no worries. Use the Instagram…

July 31, 2014

I’m back with my next ABCs of 2nd grade post today. So sorry that I didn’t post Tuesday but I didn’t have Internet for a few days. We had some severe storms Sunday night and they zapped my modem.  Today is Q for Questioning. If you are a TEAM school like me, questioning is a…

July 26, 2014

Congrats to Heidi Samuelson! She was the winner of my Reading Street bundle. If you didn’t win, I’ve decided to mark down my entire store for the weekend to celebrate 4,000 followers on Facebook. Have a great weekend!

July 25, 2014

This past year, my district got a new reading series, Reading Street. As you know, a new adoption is always so stressful because you are kinda throwing things together all year long. So this year, with one year of it under my belt, I feel more confident in using it and supplementing it when I…

July 24, 2014

Today’s post is all about phonics because I believe that phonics should be a huge part of primary classrooms. My district uses its own phonics program that was developed by a teacher. I have to say, I was not a huge fan of this program when I started teaching because it was so scripted and…

July 22, 2014

Today’s post is O for Organize. I’m going to level with y’all. I am not organized. I always have grand plans for getting myself organized but it never happens. As my friend Joni says, you can tell that I’m creative by looking at my room. I spend so much time each week trying to find…