Egg cartons are such an inexpensive and overlooked teaching tool. There is so much you can do with them. We have this amazing place in the Phoenix area called Treasures 4 Teachers. They are an organization founded to help teachers get supplies they need at little...
Happy National Peanut Butter Day!! This week I was tasked with working on a close reading of functional and informational text. I needed to incorporate main idea, text features, and vocabulary. No problem! Actually, it was! I usually end up trolling TPT or making...
We have been learning all about Martin Luther King Jr. this week with a lot of fun activities. One of the class favorites was comparing brown eggs and white eggs. We observed the outsides of the eggs and and how they looked different. Once cracked open, the...
Thanks to Deanna for hosting a linky about my most favorite things- BOOKS! Can you do a close reading with a (nearly) wordless book? YES! You CAN! I am a HUGE fan of David Wiesner’s books and was super thrilled when his latest book, Mr. Wuffles! won the...
Looking for a great unit for teaching flight? I just uploaded my new “Up, Up, and Away!” unit to Teachers Pay Teachers! It is chock FULL of fun, engaging activities for teaching all bout kites, hot air balloons, and other things that fly! It also has...
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