In class we've been talking about what we can do as readers - what ideas we're making. One girl decided to make her own book (in G...

I was inspired one weekend when my husband set out money for our helper's weekly trip to the grocery store. She has off-the-charts ment...

Such an inspiring video: And aside from critique and feedback , so many other themes: perseverance goal-setting revision personal be...

We start back to school on Monday. After being off for the past three months with our baby, I'm a mix of excited and nervous. ...

Clearly, all my kids were pretty into this for our morning energizer: Ylvis -  The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)

This is a really cool website to share with your class: wonderopolis.org Basically it asks a totally random question about the world ...

In the classroom I'm trying to create an open-dialogue community. I don't think my students need to raise their hands all the ...

( Click to download.) Happy weekend! We're off to a resort for some R&R after these first busy weeks of school.

One of my favourite parts of our first week was our I-Time. Anyone else use this? It's something I've never used before, but af...

I completely forgot to post about this idea that totally saved a near end-of-year lesson meltdown. We were studying Robert Munsch. I lov...

It's finally countdown time! School ends June 12 for us, s o it's still pretty much "forever" away. I decided to go ahe...

Since I liked making these one so much :)

Here is just a little something I've been working on today. Pick it up as a little freebie in my TpT  or click the picture to find it ...

The other day a parent said to me, "You know, I'm really trying to help him read more like a person, more normal." I told him...

I have a great class. Truly great. I love the mix of personalities, the creativity, and the different learning styles.  But... I have thi...

Today we started a new Social Studies unit about equality and children's rights. Our introductory lesson involved a game focusing on fa...

Today I had a new student join my class and I am so proud of my "originals" haha. The group did a really wonderful job of explain...

Vacation is so close I can almost feel it. Before it hits, there is ordering for next year (four grade two classrooms!), Science and Math a...

A week ago I taught my students "The Five Finger Test." I loooooved my class during this lesson - they were all listening with op...