Last summer, I wrote two blogs focusing on the theme to Work Smarter, Not Harder.   In part one, I shared my idea of creating a document with links to all the “Beginning of the Year Things to Print”.   In  part two  I shared a Google Dashboard to help keep track of all the links you…

Dear Readers, I know it’s been quite some time since my last blog post, and I wanted to give you an explanation for my absence.  In full transparency, this has been a hard message to post because my world has honestly been turned upside down. At the beginning of the summer last year, my sweet…

In my last blog, I talked about ways that I was focusing on  Work Smarter, Not Harder (see link here).  This time, I want to tell you about a fabulous document that I came across that I think will save you SO MUCH TIME!  If you’re like me, you probably have what seems like hundreds…

I don’t know if you’re like me, but I always have GRAND ideas about HOW MUCH work I’m going to get done over the summer…only to find myself around mid-July realizing I haven’t even STARTED any of the things I needed to do!  Then, of course, comes the panic.  Where was that document again?  What…

Do you find that your kids are reading the same books over and over again?  Not that there’s anything wrong with reading your favorites, but I always try to encourage students to venture out and try new authors or new series.   My 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders already have this opportunity with our  Texas…