One of our Arizona standards for Social Studies for third grade is "Discuss contributions of people during the Civil War (Abraham Linco...

     I have loved Chris Van Allsburg books my whole teaching career.  I love his style of illustrations; I love the stories; I love the litt...

     I missed out on the beginnings of the interactive notebook craze.  But, it's not too late to jump on the bandwagon is it?  I am a l...

     Although I am convinced that no one reads my blog no matter how I try to promote it, I will continue to post.  I suppose it is my fault...

Retelling is such an important skill for students to master.  Teaching kindergarten we would always begin with just telling the basic facts-...

After teaching national symbols for years in Kindergarten, I really thought I was done with it.   I thought I wouldn't have to teach abo...

I have to admit it- I have too many books!  And, believe it or not, I gave a ton of them away when I left kindergarten!  It's a problem ...