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.
Quick Thank You Note
So our "Fall" celebration is tomorrow, and surprisingly I have received a lot of treats and other goodies. It is SO exciting!! Even though I would love to send out personal thank you notes... I am realistic. Not going to happen this weekend. I whipped up a little...
Compliment Chain!
I "teach-lifted" this idea from my friend Deirdre a million years ago, and still use it everyday. I maintain a compliment chain to record the compliments we receive for walking in line and for our behavior in specials. The class receives one link for every...
Cool Folder!
So, we had our district-wide staff development day today, and we learned more about our new math curriculum and our new Investigations math textbooks. Our afternoon presenter (yikes...can't remember her name!) showed us how to make these clever folders. I think...
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