17 first graders + 2 ferrets = FUN FRIDAY We had such a great show and tell this week. One of our students brought her favorite pets for her show and tell. We welcomed Scamper and Boomer to our room. They were the main attraction. They fit right in

Well, I have to admit, I have had a wonderful time off. Being home with the family, my birthday, blogger meetup. It doesn’t get much better than that. Well, how about one more snow day!!!!! Brrrr! it is freezing. I’ve never been so glad to have gas heat!!!While I am

WE had such a wonderful time Saturday with our blogger friends. We ate and talked, ate, and shopped, and then ate some more!! Did I mention we ATE???? We had a blast. It was great to meet up and talk with other teachers, listen to stories and share yours as well.

WORD MATS FOR ANY LIST                                                                                       (Grab these

Pumpkins here-pumpkins there- pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere. Hey everyone we had a busy week last week, but it was SO MUCH FUN. Let’s take a look back at our fun-filled events. We have been talking all about pumpkins – the life cycle of a pumpkin- and stages-we even carved a pumpkin and the

We had the best time this weekend. We went to ZooBoo at the Memphis zoo. We had such a great time.                            They had a hayride, not-so scary haunted trail, trick or treat stations to get candy, camel rides, creatures of the night exhibit, and so much more. We had a

This is my favorite time of the year. The season starts to change. Not too hot and not too cold. Halloween is just around the corner. My son loves Halloween. I think it’s because his birthday is October 27. He will be 11 years old this year. I love this

When your looking for nouns and you have no activity to do,                  you can always go to                    “Noun Town” I wanted to share some nouns activities that we did this week in our classroom. I love teaching nouns because you can do so much with this lesson. I can’t

My students just love this video. We watch it throughout the year. I wanted to share it with you so your kiddos could enjoy it too. A great way for them to remember skip counting. This is a great resource and addition to your collection.                                                                 

 I wanted to share our blog post that we did when we did a blog swap with Ms. Amy in Teaching In Blue Jeans. We had a blast doing this and wanted to share our post with you. I know everyone  is getting ready for back to school or maybe you have already started like we have.

  I saw this idea several years ago and have used it for about 4 years now and have loved it. Wanted to share it with you. These are our Classroom Fuzzy’s. We earn them in the classroom for doing good work, good behavior, and in other positive ways in our

I have been changing up my room again this year. One thing I did  was create these Bloom’s Posters and add them to my wall. I was tired of running to my lesson or desk to try to find different questions or words to use during my lesson. This way,

My class had some helpful hands this past year in Art class. Our art Teacher, Ms. Rachel did these up for every classroom teacher in our school. She is so GREATTT! The kids just love her and we do too. This picture is made up of a handprint from each

I wanted to share my vowel posters that I have had for over 10 years. I use these posters every year to help me to try to remember different words that start with the vowels and their sounds. If your like me, I have to have it in sight for