Everyone has a story to tell. What is yours?
Kids love the Magic Tree House series! The book series follows Jack and Annie (brother and sister), who discover a magical tree house filled with books. Their adventures all started when Jack and Annie found a book about dinosaurs inside the tree house and were taken back to prehistoric times. After that, Jack and Annie traveled to many different places… Read More
Summarizing can be an extremely difficult skill for students. I find that when students are asked to summarize, many try to tell every event and detail from the story because they do not understand the difference between summarizing and giving a retell. When we ask students to retell, we want them to give a play-by-play of everything that happened in… Read More
If you want to encourage a love of reading in your classroom, you will need a wide variety of books. Finding those books is not always easy and your wallet can take a big hit! Here are ten ways you can add books to your classroom library. Scholastic I did my student teaching in a first grade classroom, but… Read More
May will be here before you know it which also means that Mother’s Day is just around the corner. For many years, making gifts for Mother’s Day actually stressed me out. Instead of asking my parent volunteers to lend a hand, I started to take on the projects by myself because I didn’t want any of the moms to end… Read More
Spring in the classroom is an interesting time. Not only are students blooming and growing with their learning, but they are also becoming more like a family. And like any family, there are bound to be a few things that start to get on your nerves. One thing that always seems to pop up every spring is students who interrupt…. Read More
Do you need a quick activity for Earth Day? I have a reduce, reuse, and recycle sorting activity along with some coloring pages that your students will enjoy! EARTH DAY SORTING ACTIVITY The first thing you will need to do is print out your pages. If you print on white, students can color in the reduce, reuse, recycle kids… Read More
Happy Friday, Teacher Friends! I wanted to let you know that I finished up book companions for both Scaredy Squirrel and Officer Buckle & Gloria.
Both companions have comprehension questions, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and crafts that accompany the stories. You can learn more by clicking on the images.
Is August filled with all of your appointments for the year?😂Or for some of us, July... (via Learning Lab)
Gerry gets it! 😂😂😂
I will gladly accept whatever is sent in for supplies. It just means that some supplies need to be replaced more quickly than others, which is often out of my own pocket.
Gerry Brooks
School supply time....
Ha! 😂 Now, if I could only find the mini erasers everyone else seems to have.I admit it...I get seriously excited!
Three new picture book packs have been completed and added to my TpT store. Each of these stories are perfect for the beginning of the school year. Click on any of the pictures below to learn more!
