One of my goals as a teacher, and now as a school librarian, is to find ways for my students to share what we are doing in the library with their families. I feel that home-school connections are extremely important, and any way that I can empower kids to share what’s happening at school will…
My theme this year it to find ways to make things EASIER AND LESS STRESSFUL! But one idea came to me, with the help of my fabulous Art Teacher, that will end up saving me at least an hour or two in making the Battle of the Texas 2×2 Bulletin board display at the beginning…
With each new year that begins, I tend to go through the systems that I use to see if any changes need to be made to help things run smoother. I did this as a classroom teacher, and I do it also as a librarian. One of the first things I wanted to look at…
I have a secret to tell you…I’ve been working on a new line of activities that I’m super excited about called Booktivities by Sandy! It’s been an idea I’ve had ever since I started creating my Literacy Lesson Plans (You can read more about those here.) As much as I enjoyed creating those, they do…
I love using the Texas 2×2 books for lessons with my kinder, 1st and 2nd grade classes. I usually do some sort of “Battle” at the end of the year with the books, and the kids always have a great time! (You can read more about that here.) But I recently came up with a…
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