Looking to use Valentine’s day for inspiration for one of your lessons??? I love to use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to teach about health (body systems) and expository writing. I begin by reading a
I just took some time during the power outage for the Super Bowl to visit some blogs. I saw that our sweet friend, Becky, has an amazing football freebie posted on her blog!! Becky is
It’s that time of the school year when our students are falling nicely into our routines that we practiced over and over at the beginning of the year. I have a very *challenging* group of
Hello, friends! It is so hard to believe that Christmas is over and we have been off of school already for a week! I love reading about examples of kindness in the classroom. Last week,
Today was a sad day, just like it has been since the tragedy occurred last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. You can just “feel” the heaviness from everyone’s heart. Security in our school and
Now to our Random Acts of Kindness lesson for today- Snowman Surprise!!! This was such a fun, easy, and inexpensive way to show my students how we can dedicate our time to make a craft
Day one of promoting kindness in the classroom begins! I officially began our Random Acts of Kindness today with our students. My students have been VERY curious as to why all the teacher’s have “I’ve Been
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