We've had much fun with Franklin at school and Teddy at home.  Here are a few last minute elf ideas if you're not feeling so creativ...
Franklin's here! Franklin's here!  He surprised us by showing up this morning.  I try to not do too much holiday stuff until the las...
I'm on a revising kick.  Can you tell what we worked on this week?  I started off by putting out my revising cards for the kids to use ...
Don't kids just love revising their writing?  Um, not.  They give this, "Seriously, lady? I just finished writing this--I'm ove...
We are keeping on with the Comprehension Toolkit.  Last year I made it through the first two books.  My goal this year is to make it through...
My kiddos are taking their district math benchmark Monday and reading benchmark Tuesday.  They're going to be pretty brain dead after th...
Hey, hey!  Happy Halloween!  I hope everyone is ready for the sugar induced coma coming your way tomorrow.  My husband is escorting the 2nd ...
Teaching kids to write strong beginnings to their personal narratives has always been challenging.  And then I found this Uh-mazing anchor c...
So we made a return to the Comprehension Toolkit this week. I wrote about my first lesson on listening to your inner voice here . We came ...