I’m a little late to the party.  I’ve been pulling a LOT of late nighters lately, and I just haven’t had the extra time or energy needed to blog effectively.  I hope you will forgive me. 🙂  I actually hosted our Wild Ones Wax Museum and Biography Wax Museum about a week ago, but time seriously got away from me… View Post

This school-year has been a whirlwind, and I swear every day I come home looking like I just walked through a tornado—with windswept hair to boot!  This terrible transformation takes place where I leave the house looking polished every morning, and I come home with disheveled bangs, smudged eyeliner, and bags under my eyes.  It’s not pretty, friends.  It’s not… View Post

This is only the second year that I have had my students complete Valentine’s Box Book Reports, but it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite classroom projects ever.  I personally love that it takes a tradition that we’ve done in classrooms for years (decorating shoe boxes for Valentine’s Day), and it gives it an academic focus.  My third graders need… View Post

Last year, I had my third graders create Valentine’s Box Book Reports, and I knew that I wanted to facilitate that process again this year with my current thirdsters.  I just wasn’t sure what to do with my fourth grade kiddos… at first.  Eventually, I decided to have them create “out of the box” Valentine’s Day boxes using cardboard boxes,… View Post

As an intermediate teacher, I have always been incredibly jealous of all of my teacher friends on the 100th Day of School.  Every time I saw my coworkers singing, sporting fun hats, and working on cute activities with their little people, it always made me green with envy.  A little.  I had pretty much resigned myself to the idea that… View Post