This is my lesson from MONDAY. Just to clarify, we have WWS time daily but I only model write every other day because of time. Right now, I am starting lessons on Monday and we continue to work on that lesson all week. I am using a small chart tablet but soon I will use a large chart tablet for…
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Check out Terri’s blog for her fabulous birthday giveaway!!

I am so glad I can call you my friend! Teaching children how to be a good friend is super important. Sometimes, children do not spend time with other children before coming to school. They haven’t been exposed to sharing, caring, and understanding what it is like to have so many friends to consider. We usually take an entire week…
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Last week we studied the letter “P”.  On Friday, we had a Pirate and Princess Popcorn Party! Fun times! This week, our color of the week is brown.  We will have a Teddy Bear Picnic this Friday and we will all wear brown. I will post pics this weekend. I love THEMATIC learning!! 

Have you seen this cutie patootie blog? I know I have said it before, but I will say it again..I LOVE SCIENCE! My two teaching favs (this year, lol) are Science and Writing…odd combo I know. Anywho, you should go by and visit Mrs. Coe and follow her great science blog. I think that science is an area that usually…
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Shut the front door! Shut the back door! Shut the windows! This weekend I hit 400 followers. That is Ah-May-Zing!!! To think, I just started this little blog May 16th and I am so glad I decided to embrace this journey. Of course, I don’t have a lot of free time with all of the blog stalking I do…not to…
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The super fabulous Lesson Plan Diva has created a linky party for bloggers to find other bloggers on Facebook. You can find me HERE. Come by and follow me and visit Lesson Plan Diva too! Join in the fun but follow the rules. I skimmed through it and misread (so I was totally NOT a rule follower, oopsie) so my…
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Centers this week… This is my fine motor center. I call it Star Center. I think it is important to incorporate fine motor activities into centers and the kids always love them. This activity is tonging. Students have two small bowls and plastic tongs that I purchased from Lakeshore Learning. The first bowl is full of counters, little animals I…
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Okay ya’ll! I hate taking pictures of myself…for real! I would never share a picture, but I really like this one. This is of me and my sweet hubs last night at dinner. I had lap band surgery this summer and so far I have lost 21 pounds. I can tell in my face and I think that makes me…
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