Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting at your guided reading table, with a group of sweet students who are gung-ho and eager to learn to read. You spend 10-15 minutes painstakingly teaching them a new strategy to help them read new words on their own (look at the...
Pocket chart sentences
Youpi, youpi!! Last week, my brand new pocket chart arrived. It's my fourth year teaching, and I have never splurged on a NICE pocket chart until now! I bought a couple of little cheap ones from Michael's, but always balked at the prices at Scholar's Choice and Scholastic, and was...
Five for Friday – November 13
Hi! It's Friday, and I have a few minutes to myself, so I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my favourite, Five for Friday! Five for Friday is a linky party where teachers post about five random things from their week. We had a GREAT week this week....
Un coquelicot pour se souvenir
Hi! Long time, no post! I have been in big-time new resource creating mode for the past month. My students this year are so different than last year when I had the combined class, that I have been finding that I have needed to create more for them than I...