Happy New Year and a FREEBIE!

Here is a quick little Guided Reading form I thought I would share.

Happy 2016!

TPT Cyber Smile Sale

Don't miss out on the opportunity to buy some of those much needed (and wanted) items on your wishlist on sale from your favorite authors!!!

Happy Shopping!!

Do You Have A Data Room?

We all know how much data drives instruction in education today. I was asked at the beginning of the year to help set up the Data Room. Ours is very simple and a work in progress.

Every grade level has a section. Every child has a laminated magnetic tag. The tag has information about them and their levels on current testing. Then, students are sorted into tiers. Next, teachers take the tags to divide into intervention groups and make plans for them according to need.

We also plan on posting our praises and goals.

I would love to see and hear all of the great ideas you have. Let me hear them!

SHHHHHHHHH....BEWARE Live Monsters!!!

A few weeks ago I walked into one of my classrooms and was greeted by children telling me to watch out there were live monsters in the room. This teacher gave each child a monster. The monster was their writing buddy. Sometimes these monsters brought messages, made messes and kept us all on our toes. One day 3 were even sent to the monster hospital. The kids were so motivated to write! It was precious to hear their whisper conversations with their monsters. The writing was precious and brought great quality. These kids have now taken their monsters home but are still very motivated in writing. What a great idea and joy to see!

Red Ribbon Week Doors

This post is mainly for me to have as reference when I am looking for a good door decoration. So I snapped pictures of some cute doors from our campuses door decorating contest.

More Love for Back to School Bonus Sale!

Since we have our rooms organized and cute, we can now start thinking about materials for lessons. Here is one more chance to grab a few more back to school must haves from TPT.

Absolutely Clever Idea!!!

I love learning from fellow teachers!! I walked into a friend's classroom today and saw an absolutely clever idea. I might have gotten a "little" over excited.

She has large binder clips holding Dollar Tree tubs on her board ledge. Each student has their dry erase board, dry erase supplies in it. It is also their browsing box for their readers. Simply GENIUS! So practical, easy and a great use of space, not to mention it looks cute!

Thank you for sharing your clever and original idea!