Happy New Year 2015 shows a lot of promise...and it's only 2 days in. Let's see...what can happen? New Year: My Baby Graduates Yes, my baby is about to graduate from high school. I tease that Austin is the king…
The sight word center has been a center since the beginning. We've written it with lots of different instruments, we've rolled the dice to write the words, and we've practice them with partners. december sight word center Now, we're moving…
Hibernating animals are always interesting to young students. I have learned there are animals that hibernate completely "for the winter" and then there are animals who "sleep" mostly during the winter, but don't actually hibernate. Books about Hibernating Animals I'm…
Penmanship is important in the early grades. Routines and patterns they form with writing are hard to change later. I think configuration boxes are the perfect connection to penmanship. Students are given cues for tall, short and hanging down letters.…
Opinion writing is fun. Students will tell you all about how they feel...just ask them. In my Opinion December is a fun time to talk about choosing an option. This FREEBIE gives you 4 different opinion ideas and paper for…
Maps are a great way to get us where we're going. And Pre-write maps teach students to plan their writing. The most important part of this is it needs to be used as a planning tool. It is a planning…
One of my favorite centers is called the SQUIGGLE CENTER. Pat Pavelka presented a workshop for my school system in 2004 and introduced me to the Squiggle. Over the years, I took what Pat taught us and tweaked the center…