Here is a lonnnng overdue post! Life has been so busy. Who knew home ownership entailed raking leaves, shoveling snow, and cleaning more th...

Well I was hoping I wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel, but I did some Googling and just couldn't find what I was looking for! I go...

Hello blog world! First quarter report cards... CHECK :) Mental breakdown... CHECK... 3 day weekend... ALMOST THERE. Here is a little peek a...

My second grade kiddos have been working on subject and predicate which can be pretttty tricky! To make it a little more understandable, my ...

I decided that I wanted to try literature circles with my 2 high reading groups. It will be pretty basic because I think traditional literat...

I am taking the Friday before Columbus Day off because my husband is coming home from DC that weekend :D Anyways, it's always difficult ...

I've been asked several times how I do homework in second grade. For starters my school requires homework to be sent home each night (ex...

Okay, well this is it... The last installment of my Daily 5 guide. For listening to reading I only use the computer. I don't purchase bo...

I want to start by saying I have a separate writer's workshop block, so my students can do anything writing related during Daily 5. If t...

On Mondays I teach 3 word study groups. I use  Bear's Words Their Way  and each group has a different spelling list based on what Words ...

I found that read to someone is the choice that my students need the most modeling for. We practice, practice, practice sitting EEKK (elbow ...

I forgot to mention modeling in part 3. The first month is almost all modeling and anchor charts. The original anchor charts are on large ch...

So I'm not going to lie... accountability is tough for me. I'm all into it at the beginning of the year but by November I'm tire...