As a former Kindergarten teacher I have always enjoyed doing the Friendship Fruit Salad activity- you know the one where your students bring...

Change is so hard! I really don't know why, but we fight it so much in education when we are asked to change the way we are doing someth...

I have decided to do a personal book study of the book Collaborating for Success with the Common Core A Toolkit for Professional Learning Co...

We are officially checked out and on summer break!  Woo Hoo!  This year, due to budget cuts, we have a furlough day this Friday which is usu...

I've had a busy weekend.  Over Winter Break I started this interactive notebook, but didn't have time to finish it.  So, this weeken...

Ok- I am loving interactive notebooks just a little bit right now.  In fact, I think I am going a little bit overboard... but, they are fun ...

Happy New Year!  It's a frigid 37 degrees here in Phoenix, Arizona at 1 pm.  For those of you who live where it really gets cold, don...