FREE SAMPLE ALERT: I have something amazingly exciting coming your way!!!  I've been working hard on creating a test-prep instruction...

Just a quick post to let you all know why I've neglected this little blog for the past few weeks.  First, end of the school year crazine...

Close reading is a skill we practice weekly in fifth grade. Gotta get those kiddos ready for middle school, textbooks, and studying! ...

Marzano states that children need exposure to academic vocabulary words at least 26 times to gain understanding.  Whew! Twenty-six times!!! ...

Today I'm sharing with you some math goodies to make your life easier and a FREEBIE!!! We're immersed in decimal numbers in room 206...

Writing informational text, researching and summarizing is hard work!!!  The common core says upper elementary students should be spending a...

I'm so excited to announce my very first guest blogger, the awesomely talented and creative (seriously she is the queen of cute fonts) ...

We all know that the Common Core asks us to expose our students to more informational reading and writing experiences. I've been looking...

Oh, how I love Christmas break........... and spring break, and summer break and, well you get the picture. I feel refreshed, reenergized an...

Whew it's been a busy week!  Halloween parties, preparing for report cards (with a brand new student information system, yikes!), impend...