Hello teacher friends out there,First, thanks to Farley at Oh Boy 4th Grade for the Link Up.   I’ve been listening to the new U2 album a lot this week.  It got a lot of attention in the news because U2 did something really unique with their album release and for some reason this received a […]

I must begin this blog post by making a “shout out” to my friends and teaching all-star colleagues, Mary at 4thWorks and Kate from EduKate&Inspire.  They have both been very helpful to me as I have dipped my toes into the educational blogosphere.  Kate gave me great pointers to gain more traffic to my site along with moral support.

Okay,  so we were canceled for fog today so I thought I might as well do something productive, right?  I’ve been meaning to do a post on this topic, so here it is.  Here are my 10 favorite review activities, in no particular order.#1 Task Cards One of my TpT task card activities. On Teachers Pay

On Blogging, Boredom, and Summer BooksI decided to start this blog mostly as a way to reflect upon what I do as a teacher.  Plus, I like to write and share my opinions, though I’m a little out of practice on the former since college.  My uncle, my brother, my cousin, and even my 14

The other day I was looking through my file cabinet and stumbled across an old newspaper article from my first year teaching.  It was about me, just out of college, receiving the Sally Mae First Class Teacher Award, a state award given to an outstanding first year teacher.  My very supportive principal, Dave Hilborne, had