Well, our Spring Book Fair is underway, and things are pretty hectic.   I decided to not do the theme that Scholastic was promoting (Story Laboratory) and went instead with my end of the year “Summer Luau” theme.  I used to always decorate my classroom like this for the last 2 weeks of school, so…

      Folktales, Fables, Fairytales, and Tall Tales come up at some point throughout the year with all grade levels from Kinder to 5th grade.   Over the years, I’ve found some absolutely WONDERFUL anchor charts that helped me create a visual reminder for my students.   Here are some of my favorites!  These…

     Teaching poetry is part of the curriculum for all grade levels K-5 at our school.   Over the past three years, I’ve taught it in a very general manner, but this year I wanted to find a more meaningful to introduce key concepts and vocabulary terms to each grade level, while at the same time…

Spring is just around the corner, and that means the beginning of the research semester where multiple grade levels will begin some form of research project. I always enjoyed this process in the classroom with 22 students and LOTS of parent helpers.  It’s not quite as manageable in the library without my library aide (Oh,…

Well the holidays are over, and we are back at school.  Sadly I didn’t get half as much done as I wanted to, but I thoroughly enjoyed relaxing and hanging out with my new husband and family.  Of course, once Sunday hit, I realized that I actually needed some new goals and to start thinking…