As this year is winding down, we are thinking about things to change or add for next year. One of the biggest roadblocks in reading is vocabulary. I originally posted this on Adventures in Literacy Land. I'm hoping these ideas…
Froggy Builds a Tree House and I'm so excited to join this fun Mentor Text blog link-up. You'll find a link for the participating bloggers at the bottom of my post for other fun lessons using mentor texts. I love…
Snow Dog, Go Dog and I love Tinka and his excitement about the snow. He reminds me of kindergartners...except, we all remember how long 5-year-olds actually play in the snow. As soon as they are cold, or slip in the…
Ninjas to the Rescue! Mentor Texts are an important part of comprehension. Who doesn't love a book store? Who doesn't love when the book store comes to your school? You guessed it...I got these at the Book Fair! I found…
Thanksgiving on Thursday is one my favorite Magic Tree House Books. Hello, I am excited to join in this fall blog hop. As you might know from earlier posts, I am a Magic Tree House fanatic. The fall is…
I've done several posts like this over the course of the summer. I think this is something near and dear to my heart. It is a post to teachers from the students. We don't listen to them often. I mean,…
Pete the Cat is the best. I have a very, long strange love affair with Pete. Several years ago, I saw Pete the Cat on a few blogs I followed and I didn't know who he was. SOOO...when I saw…
I do. This week has been Book Fair Week. We sponsor a Scholastic Book Fair at our school twice a year. It might be my favorite week. Who wouldn't want a bookstore to come to you? I spent my lunchtime…
A Lesson in Life This was first posted for a blog hop...and now I'm linking with Comprehension Connection for a Thematic Thursday! I was so excited she decided her Thematic Thursday would be about Martin Luther King, Jr. In Virginia,…
Magic Tree House is truly magical! I was invited to share in the Chesapeake Reading Council's First Family Literacy Night. We celebrated the start of Reading Month with the VSRA theme: Reading is Magical. The Magic Tree House was a…