Teacher of Scholars

Wow!  I can't believe my last post was in June.  My goal was to post several times a week over the summer but that definitely didn't...

Today I'm linking up with Fourth Grade Flipper for her weekly Tried it Tuesday linky party with a great way to review content and co...

Only 4 more days before spring break. (Well actually there are five but next Friday is a teacher workday so I'm not counting that.) To...

How do you integrate writing throughout the curriculum? I try to have my scholars do some type of writing during each subject each day. ...

Last summer, I attended a workshop presented by Margarita Calderon. The focus of the workshop was teaching English Language Learners. Duri...

Have you ever heard of or used Discovery Education ?  I am very fortunate that my district has purchased the rights for all teachers and st...

I can't believe that it is already the middle of February.  Where has the school year gone?  I also can't believe that I haven...

I can't believe that I haven't blogged in almost 3 weeks. But the month of October is always super hectic. Things haven't real...

I hate changing bulletin boards!! In my opinion it is the worst part of teaching. At my school, we have to change our hallway bulletin boa...

Have you ever used a Voki? I love them. This amazing web tool is basically an online avatar that can be used in various ways in the classr...

Last week, our reading strategy was following your inner conversation by leaving tracks. We discussed the importance of thinking about thei...

How do you feel about missing a day of school and needing a substitute? Well I hate it!! It takes way too much time to plan and usually it ...

And then there were 21. In my posts last week I mentioned that I only had 14 students. This was due to students not showing up the first f...

I love Daily 5!! Today was my second day introducing D5 and it went amazingly well today too. My scholars have built their stamina to seven...