Guided Reading Organization
It is time to teach guided reading and you are ready to get settled at your table, but you can’t find anything because your table is a hot mess? Please tell me I am [...]
The Empty Question Trap
I was talking to a teaching friend of mine. She was so frustrated with lesson planning and getting it all “in” with the short amount of time she has with students. I thought it [...]
Center Storage and February Math Centers
This January has had such wild weather. We were all tucked in for a fabulous winter storm that left our yard looking more like a skating rink than a winter wonderland. Now it is 70 [...]
Easy Routines to Keep Your Classroom Organized
A colleague of mine once came n my room after school and said, "HOW does is your room always look so organized and clean after school!?!?" I had to laugh. Because it really wasn't. I [...]