2nd Grade Lesson Plans are finally here!           I was looking back to my last blog post, and sadly realized it was way back in September!  🙁 This has been quite a BUSY, STRESSFUL, and CRAZY year, at school and at home!  I found out my principal accepted a new position in…

     So…as they say, “Behavior Happens”!  After having several classes with my kinder and 1st grade students, I realized that I was going to have to come up with a way to encourage several students to make better choices.  I talked to the classroom and other specials teachers, and together we brainstormed different behaviors…

           The beginning of the year is a great time to teach or review how to be safe at school.  When my students come back for their second trip to the library, I spend a few minutes talking to them about the types of emergency situations that may come up or…

     I’ve posted a lot about teaching book care with the younger grades, and while I like to use the same poster board set to introduce the idea of book care ( you can read about that activity here), I wanted to use different books with each grade level.       This year for…

I always like to do some sort of a “Scavenger Hunt” with the upper grades at the beginning of the year.  It helps the students reacquaint themselves with the library, but it also helps them notice changes that may have been made over the summer.  It’s also a great stress-free and fun way for the…