This week we started out Author’s Purpose unit. What a fun week we had!We got to read a lot of really interesting stories and discuss their meanings. We also started our small group instruction routine! We are doing a daily five break down, but we have two teachers in the room. One is doing a …
Hey friends! I hope that you are finding yourself well rested 🙂 Probably not likely, considering it’s the beginning of the school year!! I hope that you all are finding some down time and are not too stressed!! One way to help you de-stress, is to go download this Free-Parent-Communication-Binder-Forms-Slate-Gray-!! One of the hardest things …
I wanted to put together a few of my favorite resources for teaching reading! Especially the little ones, isolation of sounds is such an important step in building a strong reading foundation. One resource I LOVE for my reluctant readers are these puzzles from Lakeshore Learning!! I have students say the letter sound while putting …
It’s wonderful to be able to guest blog for Ashley as she makes her journey across the U.S.. My name is Arlene Sandberg and you can find it at LMN Tree  My husband was in the military for 30 years so I understand what it’s like to back up and move so often. Although I’m …
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I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted! Ohh my goodness!! We’ve been showing our house to sell it and everything has just been insane! My preacher talked about everyone taking a “Time Out” and we soooo need to do that! The last week of school was very hectic! We just finished up …