St. Patrick's Day can be fall of fun in the classroom. Here are some ideas for all things leprechaun and rainbow! Here are some of my favorite activities that I completed in my classroom over the years! To begin the fun, I have a fun Family Fun Project! For this project students are instructed to create a trap to catch a leprechaun. A letter is sent home to explain the project! Students ... Read More about Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day in the Classroom

Every year Valentine's Day seemed to sneak up on me! I don't know what it was, but I was always scrambling last minute for a little gift for my students for Valentine's Day that didn't break the bank- especially after the LONG month of January! These are some super simple and inexpensive gifts that you can use for your students! The Amazon links are linked to my Amazon store and if you ... Read More about Easy Student Valentine Gifts from Teachers!

Once upon a time, I wasn't really a huge fan of writing conferences. To be completely honest, I had no idea what I was doing. I knew that they were important and what part of my writing block to do them, but I really didn't know what to do! It's not like I had this amazing class in college that taught me how to confer with my students during Writer's Workshop. Even though I'm still not a ... Read More about Writing Conferences Made Easy!

I taught for ten years before I resigned. Ten years full of stress, frustration, anxiety, lots and lots of anxiety, anger, hurt, and the list goes on and on. But, there was also laughs, sweet smiles, happiness, friendships, and lots and lots of love. Teaching is hard. EXTREMELY hard. But, it's also really really good.  Side note- I didn't resign solely because I wasn't ... Read More about Teaching: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

As teachers we are on our feet all day long. And not on comfy padded flooring, but on really hard  concrete floors. I learned early on in my teaching career how important it was to purchase quality, comfortable shoes! However, as someone that loves fashion it's also very important to me to  purchase shoes that are not only comfortable, but also fashionable!  I was so ... Read More about Cute and Comfortable Personalized Teacher Shoes

This post is sponsored by Simon & Schuster. It's that time of year again, Parent-Teacher Conferences! It doesn't matter what school or grade I was teaching, I always had parents ask me ways that they could help their child at home with reading and/or great books to purchase for their child for home. I am so excited to be partnering with Simon & Schuster to share their Ready-to-Read book ... Read More about Promote Reading at Home with Ready-to-Read Books!