Winter Reading Lesson Plans Hello sweet friends! Today, I’m going to chat a little bit about one of my favorite winter books EVER. It’s probably yours too and it’s a very popular book!!! It’s a great winter reading lesson plan to use in the classroom.  Every year, I love reading The Mitten By Jan Brett . …
As an elementary teacher, I find that the balanced literacy approach is something that I simply cannot live without. One approach that I’ve added to my day is that I try to add at least two content area centers throughout the week. We have seven stations a day, so that’s pretty easy for us to …
This *Texas* Family is starting to feel very outta place up here in VA!!! We are NOT used to this cold weather! It’s so funny, because our kids are only used to “light” jackets. We had to go and buy real, heavy, jackets recently, and they were so confused! Now that’s starting to cool …