Hello everybody.  It has been a wild ride here with the weather....first a two hour delay on Wednesday  morning, an early dismissal for...

A few weeks ago I shared with you the posters that I had made for my classroom that will help with the Reading Foundations Standard 2.3  I ...

I am having a lot of fun being back to school <believe it or not!!> but it sure is exhausting.  You will see quite a few of my friend...

I LOVE new professional educational books.  Some of you collect children's books.  I collect professional educational books.  There are...

Common  Coercion? I blogged a week or two about the book, Pathways to the Common Core:  Accelerating Achievement  by Lucy Calkins, Mary E...

I found a website that was pretty interesting when searching for more Common Core information.  The website explained a lot about the Comm...

Before my state testing starts tomorrow, I wanted to be sure to get the non-fiction titles for Unit 1 to you.  If you decide to start purc...

If you have looked at the curriculum map in the book Common Core Curriculum Maps   you may be surprised by some of the titles you see.  Th...

Today was a full day.  Yard work in the wonderful sun.  Kids riding bicycles and scooters.  An early Easter get together with family.  A bir...