Friends~It is almost APPLE season!  I love this time of year.  The air is crisp and the applesauce smells sooo good in the crockpot. There i...

Friends~We spent the week examining wordless texts!  I loved how the texts led my students right into the world of inferences!    Totally...

Friends~Our benchmarks are over!  Yippee!  I am so super proud of my kiddos.  They did an amazing job and their growth was tremendous.  They...

Friends~I have been really focusing on the speaking and listening standards for the Common Core this month.  I want my students to begin to...

Friends~I am going to let you in on a little secret.  It really isn't my secret.  My old Teamie Mrs. Mccumbee showed it to me when I wen...

Friends~How do you explain The Common Core to students?  It has been quite a few days in room 331!   We are still super busy learning the r...

As a classroom teacher I feel like every year I am being asked to redo and try tons of new ideas passed down from the leaders above.  While ...