I’m participating in my first ever blog hop, the Valentine Blog Hop sponsored by Effective Teaching Articles. You can follow the links below to collect a Valentine freebie from each blog. You can also sign… [Continue Reading]
Archives for January 2012
The Evolution of Reading Workshop Book Clubs
I love reading workshop! My favorite part of reading workshop is doing book clubs with my students. I’ve tried several different ways over the years. When I first started, I would meet with groups one… [Continue Reading]
Teachers Under Attack
I promise this blog isn’t going to be all about the politics of teaching. I know this post will make two in a row, but I had to share an article from The Examiner that… [Continue Reading]
Let’s Talk Assessment Pressure
The state of Indiana has passed a new law to go along with our mandatory standardized tests. Third graders who fail a specific reading portion of the test are required to be retained in third… [Continue Reading]
T-Shirt Pillow Tutorial for Classroom Library
Pin It At our school, the students in third-sixth grades design t-shirts each May as part of a t-shirt/school theme contest. The office staff narrows the designs down to about twelve and then the entire… [Continue Reading]
