Welcome! I’m Teach-A-Roo!
I help primary teachers like you marry standards with engaging, rigorous, and fun learning experiences for all learners. I have been teaching and mentoring in a Title I, K-8 setting for almost 30 years. I am a literacy and STEAM enthusiast and try to bring art, music, storytelling, and science together in meaningful, standards-based lessons in my real-life first grade classroom.
Student Engagement Stoplights (June’s Bright Idea!)
Since it is summer and we don't want to work too hard, I wanted to share this quick idea that we use to raise engagement and help us with assessing students quickly during a lesson.These are mini-stoplights that I made from an index card and punched circles. They are...
The Literacy Teacher’s Playbook- Chapter 1
Yes! I know, I know. I am a book study junkie. Today, I am happy to be linking up with Abbey, The Teacher Mom to talk about The Literacy Teacher's Playbook. We are reading the K-2 version, but there is a 3-6 version also available. So far, it is an easy read, and...
Notice and Note- Session 5
It's book study MadNesS here in my little neck of the woods! Today is Session 5 of Notice and Note, and I've gotta say... this book so far is a lot like reading a college text. It has put me to sleep a few times. Good stuff, but a bit on the dry side. The NEXT...
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