Please see a new post from Feb. 2018 HERE I am a huge fan of Corduroy by Don Freeman and love to use the story in my classroom.  Retell i...

I mentioned last week that one of my goals this year was to work hard on getting my students to understand digraphs early in the year.  To h...

NOTE : This FREE product has been updated to include an editable version.  You can read more about it HERE . My firsties are always glowi...

I've been spending lots of time at the mall lately trying to outfit my 13 year old daughter for school ... my son was so much easier ;) ...

Digraphs ... this  year I vow for early mastery by my firsties!! (at least that's my hope!) I'm planning to create a few word work...

My husband thought it would be funny to bring in a couple of fall colored leaves when he was mowing on the weekend.  I'm hoping they wer...

I have been doing a Mystery Reader program in my classroom for four years now, but I admit as great as it was it was quite unorganized.  One...

Do you have Mystery Readers visit you classroom?  I have for the past few years and it is always a hit.  Mystery Readers can be parents, gra...

I seem to be on an updating roll :)  Just listed at my TPT store is an update to my Missing Addends Detectives activity.   I've ...

One of my favorite (and best-selling) products at my TPT store is my Compound Words activity, but it was in need of a little makeover.  I ke...