Last year, I felt like my job as a first grade teacher was to take kiddies who were needy kindergartners and turn them into independent stu...

So, I'm posting about this very cool contest, hoping that you'll be a lucky winner (or I'll be a lucky winner...hehe).  I love w...

One of the best parts of teaching is the things that kids say.  I think that's what keeps me teaching some days:  those quotables that y...

Sooooooo...my little darlings are having a difficult time figuring out why the author wrote the book, and if he's trying to teach us a l...

I love me a good teacher sale.  Seriously.  I love going to Lakeshore and finding a discounted treasure.  Or looking through the Target or M...

Setting:  Back table, strategy group, giving directions, getting the natives students to settle down. Me:  Sometimes we have to do things ...

As we enjoy the day off, we're also probably lesson planning about some additional activities that we could do this week that relate to ...