I LOVE DOT DAY!!       Dot Day is on September 15th, but instead of just doing one day of celebrating, I’ve decided to do a whole 6 days of celebrating!  Why you may ask?  Well..it’s due to our schedule changes for this year.  Instead of having teachers sign up for a weekly…

Don’t you just LOVE the start of a new school year and putting up new displays?!  That’s one of my favorite things to do when we first go back to help me “get in the mood” for a new and fabulous school year!  Most off my new displays were inspired by things I saw on…

     Once again, let me tell you how much I LOVE summertime.  I have been busy busy busy creating brand new products, including a new Fiction and Non-Fiction Anchor Chart,  that I’m super excited about!        So, last April, I created a set of Assessment task cards for Non-Fiction Text Features.  I…

     I admit it!  I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to getting my picture taken with authors at TLA or during the Texas Book Festival.  There’s just something about meeting authors of a book that brings out the little kid in me and I get totally excited!        My…

           Summertime is one of my favorite times of the year… but not for the reasons that you may think… (sleeping in late, laying out in the sun, going to see movies, etc.)  Don’t get me wrong….I absolutely LOVE those things, but what really makes summertime my happy place is that special feeling…