This week's Throwback Thursday comes with an updated freebie! I am going to share with you how I ran Reader's Workshop in my second grade classroom. During independent reading time, the students rotate through book nooks. Each student has a classroom number. One of our ... Read More
Notebook Know-How
A Christmas tradition in my family (yes, Christmas, stay with me here) is to visit Barnes and Noble during vacation and spend the day there reading and purchasing books. One of the books that I picked up was Notebook Know-How by Aimee Buckner. My sister mentioned that she owned it ... Read More
Learn About the 50 States!
Looking back on some of my older products makes me cringe sometimes all the time. Today I updated my Studying the States product. I received an awesome suggestion from one of my buyers so I ended up doing a complete overhaul. The product is completely in black and white, making it ... Read More
Desk Be Gone!
I've been reading a lot of New Year's resolutions that include "getting rid of my teacher's desk." But I'm noticing that it comes with a lot of hesitation. I've been there! Last January, I got rid of my teacher's desk for good. It was definitely a nerve-wracking process for ... Read More
Avery Labels for Conference Notes
I want to share with you how I take notes when I meet with my students during Reader's Workshop. I used to carry around a large binder (think 3 inches wide), but it was too bulky! I felt that it got in the way of my conference. And, if I was meeting with a group of students, I was ... Read More
Maternity Leave Binder
If you read my blog, you know that I like to be organized. Like, super organized. So knowing that I would be out for the end of the year for maternity leave was leaving me in a bit of a panic. I knew that I wanted all my information to be in one place for my sub, but wasn't quite ... Read More