4 Stages of Close Reading

One of the biggest confusions my students show, no matter what their grade level, is how they are supposed

FB Frenzy Countdown

Getting back into the swing of things at school doesn't leave much time for blogging, it seems like.

Top 5 Places Parents Can Go With Their Children To Make Everyone Happy (Including the Teacher)

(Thanks to Krista Walden for the Little Guys, and Mercedes Hutches for the background!

Pinterest Board for Parents to Find Resources

<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/7103497/?claim=7d5vbgavakx">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I've

Back to School...Already!

YIKES! It's back-to-school time already! Our house, being new construction, had a delay. So, instead

Excitement and Excuses

So, I'm not doing to well with this blog thing. I posted for awhile, and then vanished! Other than

Adorable Candy Bouquet

This week, one of my students had a birthday. Common occurrence, right? Well, his grandparents decided

Teacher Appreciation Sale!!

Teachers deserve to be appreciated. Lots of times, I feel very, very under-appreciated. Long hours,

Heroes Galore: A Close Read and Graphic Organizers!

Working with Literary Heroes has really given me some AWESOME ideas. The boys love it so much, I simply

Protractors, Angles, and Math, Oh My!

So this is the type of week it has been. A week of Mondays, as my husband put it. (And yes, that stool

What Makes a Hero? (Literary Heroes Unit)

We're beginning our Literary Heroes unit (finally!) tomorrow!! I'm so excited to introduce it to the

Putting My Best Face Forward

So with the launch of my new blog, I decided I needed to put my best foot forward. I redesigned my

Spring Cleaning Sale

I am participating in a Spring Cleaning Sale at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store! (Almost) Everything

Young Merlin: Prepping for Unit 6, Literary Heroes

Benchmark is right around the corner! But what comes after that for 4th grade?  Common Core

Expense Tracking Resource for Teachers Pay Teachers Sellers

As I became more and more involved as a seller in Teachers Pay Teachers, I realized that I needed a

Happy Teacher Heaven

Be sure to visit Happy Teacher Heaven to check out her 100 follower giveaway!  (You can find

My First Blog Feature & My First Blog Post

I had the honor today of being featured by Victoria Leon on her "Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs"