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.  

 

Do you Peanut Butter and Jelly?      We do!

Do you Peanut Butter and Jelly? We do!

Well, I survived my first week back and am excited to have a very sweet class this year!  YAY!  I am totally exhausted and have three giant stickies on my laptop of things I need to get done before Monday. YIKES!    One of them was to make...

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Writer’s Workshop Folders

Writer’s Workshop Folders

Hello everyone in blog land!  I have been busy gearing up for school.  I go back next week!  It is so hard to believe that my summer is almost over!My school is really pushing Writer's Workshop this year, so I decided to make some 4-pocket folders for...

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Astronaut Training Kits a.k.a.  Goody Bags!

Astronaut Training Kits a.k.a. Goody Bags!

Since I am going with the space theme, I had to make up some cute goody bags to have on the student's desks the first day of school!!!  Suddenly,  the "Astronaut Training Kits" came to be.  I acquired some free lunch sacks from our lovely cafeteria...

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