March is almost here and that means planning for St. Patrick's Day!  I have some great products to help make your planning easier.  I have a great "no-prep" St. Patrick's day math bundle.  This can be copied as individual sheets or as packets.  I love to copy pages individually and use them with my small groups based on the needs of each group.  I can easily work with a group on telling time, while I work with another … [Read more...]

    While teaching food chains and food webs, I spent some time looking for a fun way for my students to demonstrate their knowledge.  Since students had read about different food chains, acted out different food chains, and played a food chain tag game, I was looking for an engaging art based food chain project.  I was unsuccessful in finding something I liked, or something that looked manageable, so I decided to "wing it!"  As you know, … [Read more...]

    When I first starting teaching I thought I was ready!  I had finished college with good grades, I had read books and articles about teaching, my room was ready, and I had on my new "school clothes."  As the first week of school progressed, I realized that there was more to being successful than sharpened pencils and smelly stickers.  Here is a little list of things that I have found important to have at school in order to solve a crisis … [Read more...]