I just linked up with A+ Fifth Grade Teaching Blogs!  So many wonderful ideas. I can not wait to start looking through them all 🙂  Check out my button on the right hand side.

Wow!  Talk about ‘winding down’…school ended and I practically went into hibernation!  Spent some time today thinking about the coming year and ways to improve classroom management.  Unfortunately, I do not have a bathroom

Why is it that I always seem to forget how hectic the final few weeks of school are?  So many things going on and so little time.  Add to the chaos the fact that

Okay…so I had a flashback today…a first grade moment…as I like to call them.  Before moving up to 5th grade I taught first grade for 11 years.  I have many fond memories of teaching

Several blogging newcomers, like me, asked how to create a ‘grab a button’ link to their blog.  When I did mine I searched for an online tutorial.  The easiest, one written in a way

Click here to go to Website. Once the webpage loads, scroll down to find a list of flip books!  Before Common Core Standards, my state, Kansas, created flip books aligned to the state standards.  I