By fourth grade, most of my students have practiced reading a short passage and answering questions about it. Sometimes synthesizing multipl...

All teachers are looking for ways to save time, especially when they head back-to-school! I just started my 8th year of teaching (already?!)...

Most people who aren’t teachers (or in teacher families) don’t acknowledge that this job is challenging- and it ABSOLUTELY is, in so many wa...

It's that time again! I am so excited to be hosting this year's Shark Week link-up with Matt from Digital: Divide and Conquer. I&#...

The first school where I taught was considered “failing.” If our test scores didn’t go up that very year, the school would be taken over by ...

When we started our fossil unit, I wanted to spark my kids’ excitement! I asked my kids to come up to the carpet- a typical request- but th...

Last school year, I’d read posts from a few blogging friends (especially Literacy for Big Kids and Runde’s Room ) about Genius Hour or passi...

Sometimes when I see classroom décor on Pinterest, I get a little overwhelmed. I LOVE bright colors so much, but sometimes a mix of a lot of...