What is a paragraph? Raise your hand if your students struggle with writing proper paragraphs?   Me!! Me!! If your students are li...

I don't know about you, but during my first few years of teaching, by the end of the school year I was dead tired and didn't have...

Are you ready to jump your writing workshop into the 21st century?   If you're new to using Google Classroom, or you've just alw...

I am so in love with summer right now.  We are spending a much needed, relaxing weekend up north and to be honest yesterday was the first t...

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

Fingers crossed for a snow day here in Michigan tomorrow!!! But just in case the weather man is wrong, I'm still planning to continue ou...

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

Have you ever seen 30 fifth graders begging to start an assignment???  That's exactly what's happening in our school this week. How...