Happy February! - Happy February! I can't believe we are already more than half way through the month! We've had a lot of rain here in Oregon these last few weeks, but toda...

My Favorite Teaching Uniform...And It's On Sale! - My favorite teaching uniform is on sale! I jokingly call it a uniform because it gets me through the fall, winter, and spring and I have it in multiple ...

Alphapalooza 2 Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Fun! - “The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” -Marilyn Jager Adams We spend a lot of time working ...

Teach Like A Pirate Book Study {part 2} - Yo ho! Yo ho! It's a pirate's life for me. *What qualifies as treasure to teachers?* Student engagement? Student learning? Student’s remembering what we...

Read & Reveal *exclusive freebie* - Have you tried Read and Reveal in your classroom? My students are absolutely rocking their reading with these cards! I stuck all the cards in a basket an...