Having a wall in my classroom makes it a bright, cheery place to spend our day in. Being able to see the trees outside change with the seasons, watching the clouds for upcoming bad weather, or getting cool breezes are things my students and I have become to enjoy. One downside of many windows - a ... read more
My Classroom Tour
With the help of my student teacher and husband over the past few weeks, I am finally done setting up my classroom. Please keep in mind that this is my sixth year of teaching and fifth time changing rooms. I'm pretty much a professional when it comes starting a room from scratch; however, it ... read more
Fluency Passages and Classroom Banner
This past weekend was full of projects! The first one I tackled was a WELCOME banner that I will attach outside my classroom door. My school mascot is the bulldog, so this year I want to go with a dog theme. So far, I have a bunch of paw print decorations from Really Good Stuff and ... read more
Teacher’s Toolbox Tutorial
I saw these adorable teacher toolboxes on Pinterest and other teacher blogs that I follow and just HAD to make it the day that I found it! While my husband was home for lunch, I started preparing and was able to just complete this from start to finish in just over an hour. Let me explain how I did ... read more
Assignment Storage
When I first started teaching, I had students turn in their papers to an "inbox" which was basically a little paper-sized plastic storage container that I purchased at Lakeshore Learning. While I tried to keep this organized in between my grading sessions by paper clipping each different stack, ... read more
