Hi OC Blog friends! Back in November I posted here about using a garment rack for a chart stand. If you're struggling with your chart stand being too small for the actual pocket chart, be sure to

I know most teachers would say the answer to the title question is "usually not."  If you are normally a more reserved teacher, then yelling could certainly take them by surprise.  lol.  But, at lea

If you do, you are in luck!  I have just created the second item in my owl-theme planning pack:  a fun To-Do List - and it is free!  Copy, cut out, and use to jot a note down for some of things you

                I had the opportunity this month to review Sentence Buildings:  A parts of speech activity set form Learning Resources, and I was certainly not disappointed!  It is so much f

Howdy Everyone! March is National Craft Month so I thought I would share some of my favorites sites for kid's crafts. Incorporating crafts into lessons is a fun way to learn and many times can give

There are some things that I find tricky to teach... Contractions to me, are very tricky to teach. Just when you think you have done your job and the kiddos seem to have grasped contractions, you read

I have been working on some super cute classroom forms for everyone, all with a fun owl theme!  I know many of you have an owl theme from the conversations and polls we have had on the Facebook fan

Hello, everyone! Here in South Carolina it is really warming up, so before I take a ride with my husband to the beautiful town of Charleston, I wanted to make sure I left you with something fun and fr

Thanks so much to the fans at the Facebook Fan Page for all their help in creating the free eBook below!  I know problem solving in math (especially with the standardized testing season upon us) is

Hi everyone!  Seems like I haven't posted a video in FOREVER!  So, here is a super short and simple one - only 4 minutes long! I have to make sure I give props to the Tot Treasures blog as that is w

Today, we have a guest blog post from Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6 where she explains a handy little tool she uses for comprehension reading strategies and even provides a freebie for you as well

While normally my own products are not on sale, I wanted to share with you that ALL of the items at my Teachers pay Teachers Store will be an additional 10% all day tomorrow (Leap Day) if you use th

Make sure you tune in tonight, Sunday Feb 26th at 8 pm when I will be chatting with Adrianne from Kids Cog Works, where she will share why parents should attend PTO meetings, why the PTO may NOT b

Do you {HEART} Pinterest?  How about teaching blogs?  Maybe $200?   If so, you are going to be utterly smitten with a little collaboration I came up with that involves all three!  Announcing the "

  After six + years of teaching, substituting, over 200 credits of education towards a BS, and Masters degree, I have come across tons and tons of fantastic reading strategies, programs, games, cen

So - it sort of feels like the week of giveaways!  I normally do not like to throw too many contests into one week for you all as I like to usually spread them out, but I have had so many great item

I know so many of you out there are always looking for extra resources for science classes, so when Learning Resources contacted me to see if I was interested doing a review for Twist, I absolutely

In my district, our new evaluation system focuses heavily on how we deliver content to our students and especially how we gauge their understanding of that content. I've been reflecting upon this quit

Hi everyone! I'm back and really excited because.....it's nearly time again for "March Madness". Well maybe I'm not as excited as some students I know, but I try to be for them. I've worked in a sch

When I noticed that a Facebook fan posted this on the fan page: "My principal has asked our building to work on morale among teachers.....looking for some fun/creative ideas some of you have done at

I had the pleasure of partaking in Educational Insights' game-themed review month this month, and the first of two games I was thrilled to review is called Grandma's Trunk Alphabet Game.  It is so a

If you haven't signed up for my FREE webinar "Overcoming Organizing Obstacles" sponsored by Marygrove College, make sure you get on the list today!  I will be presenting LIVE tomorrow, Wednesday Feb

My blogger buddy Jeannie over at Kindergarten Lifestyle started a super fun linky for "You Know You're A Teacher When..." and these are seriously cracking me up - mostly because they are true!  Haha

  Hello OCB Peeps! I so hope you are having a lovely weekend! I hope to make it a little more lovely for you if you are looking for some fun last minute Valentine's Day Activities. You will need a ba

Or in our class, we say "Como Hacer un Electroimán." :)     Science is really not my strength, but I am learning to appreciate it more and more as I teach it in my classroom. My students had a bl