What in the world is an icosahedron you ask? It is a 20 sided 3D shape that makes for a PERFECT Christmas art project. A long time ago (9 years) I did this project with a group of students and then forgot all about it. Well this year I wanted to do an art project with…
Once again I am finding myself with VERY little time to take care of my blog. I miss blogging a lot but I am swamped with my master’s work and running my son around to soccer. Maybe someday I will have a laptop and then I can blog while I am being soccer mom 3…
I am not sure if I have mentioned this before but I love, love, LOVE Halloween. I love everything about it (well except the amount of candy I eat) from the cute decorations and colours, to the excitement about costumes. OOOHHH and I found some Halloween things at the local dollar store to match my…
I am home from work today with no voice. I guess I was talking too much during parent-teacher interviews last night. Well since I have been so busy lately and haven’t posted in a while, I thought this would be a great time to catch up. I love finding new art ideas online so I…
Well my first week is over and my book bins finally came in. I didn’t get my classroom library completely finished until Friday evening (you can see the time in some of the pictures) and then madly took pictures before I had to rush home to make dinner. Ugh (or any other disturbing noise you…
Phew…. this was the last day in my classroom before kids arrive tomorrow. I am as done as I can be for now. I know I said that I would post pictures of my room once it is done but I am not going to. Hold on don’t get mad….Here is why: I ordered book…
I popped into the school again today to get a little bit more setup in my room. Once again I did more talking than I wanted to so progress was slow. I think I need to go in after 10pm to avoid talking to people 🙂 So here is a little of what I did…
I am super excited that the Back to School Expo is almost here. On August 25th, FIVE fantastic teachers will be presenting to help you get ready for back to school. Topics include decorating your classroom, using technology in the classroom, reading success, creating a positive environment with back to school activities, and how to…
Yay, I finally went into my classroom to start setting up today. My dining room was starting to get overtaken by stuff that I had to bring to the school so I thought it was time to head into the class. This is the first year I have taken any pictures of the set up…
I cannot remember if I have raved about the teacher toolboxes which are all over Pinterest but I am sure I have. Well I received my toolbox from Amazon and finally finished it! I am so in love with it and cannot wait until I can get it into my classroom. I am going in…
Get the clutter off your desk by having a place for all of your prepped materials. I try to plan ahead as much as possible and I don’t want to store all the stuff on my desk so I have made a place to put everything. I use one folder for each day of the…
I feel like I have been neglecting my blog lately because I have been so busy with work and my masters. I thought I would post a quick one about the latest intermediate literacy meeting I went to. It was fantastic as always and I walked away with some more wonderful resources to add to…
April is National Poetry Month so I thought I would have my first blog post of the month all about poetry. I LOVE teaching poetry in my class especially with the older grades because they are very creative and are not always reliant on templates to fill in the blank. I am kind of sad…
I want to thank whom ever it was that posted this idea on either their blog or on Pinterest. If this idea came from you please let me know so I can give credit where credit is due. Using a writing word box has revolutionized writing times in my classroom. No longer do I have…
I am feeling pretty lucky these days to have so many great people out there to chat with. Thank you for following my blog. To share the luck with you I thought I would create a post dedicated to St. Patrick’s Day and all that comes with it. To start off, here is a freebie…
I was at home one day needing something to hold paint so I could make an example of an art project for my students and I didn’t have any old yogurt containers. I was searching everywhere in my house and when I looked in the recycling bin I was happy to see a plastic container…
