Five for Friday

This is my first time linking up with Doodle Bugs, and since I’m in a blogging roll tonight, why not keep it going.  But really, it’s Friday night, shouldn’t I be doing something a little more social?!?! This week has been bananas, but in a good way.  We celebrated our 100th day of school on […]

Teaching Matter with my Firsties

For some reason, this unit has always been one of my favorites.  I have improvised it along the years, but got many ideas from a Master Teacher years ago.  This unit took us the entire month of January, fitting in Science whenever I could. I also use a lot of G.L.A.D. strategies in most of my […]

Why every Teacher should have a Teacher Instagram

Let’s be honest, we all love looking at photos. If it’s pretty, adorable, or bright, I’m a fan.  I created a personal Instagram account in the summer of 2010 when I was living and teaching in Hawaii.  At firsts, I thought it was just a photo app that added pretty filters to my photos to […]

The 100th Day of School Celebration

Wow!!!  Have we seriously already been scholars for 100 days?  Time sure flies! We did several activities from this unit I created (hurry and grab it, it’s only 1.60 until Wednesday).  A few days before the big day, I sent home a letter (included in the packet) to parents. I made an extra copy of […]

Winter Love Giveaway

I don’t know about you, but it was hard to head back to school after two glorious weeks in my jammies, catching up on lots of horrible TV {I’m a reality junkie}, sleeping in, and doing just a tiny bit of school work.  But I’ll be honest, being back the last two weeks has been […]

How to prepare for Parent Conferences

Let’s be honest, many teachers dread parent conferences!!!  I can totally relate, I use to feel the same way.  When I first began teaching, parents  intimidated me.    But over the years, I’ve learned that building a strong, trusting relationships with your students’ parents goes along way.  That wasn’t news to me, I learned that […]

What Elfie has been up to…

I’m linking up with Mel over at Seusstastic to share how I used the Elf on the Shelf this year. Let me preface this post by saying introducing an elf to our class added a lot of excitement and a bit of a headache because December had SO much going on.  Overall, I’d definitely do it again. […]

A Christmas Linky

I’m linking up with my teacher friend from Alaska.  She posts the most adorable photos of her students and all the wintery snow photos that we don’t get here in Southern California.  Plus, she makes the most adorable clip art! The beginning of my break started off with a flight to Arizona to be with my […]