Besides nightly reading, I don't ask my first graders to do homework.  All that Halloween candy is worthy of some time spent thinking ab...

(More Saturday Sayings found by clicking above.) Admittedly I don't understand all the ins and outs of what the Common Co...

Barbara from Grade ONEderful , who is indeed very wonderful, was the first one who Boo-ed me.   I also want to thank sweet Rachel from ...

Don't sweat the small stuff.  This has become one of my classroom's mantras of late.  Even considering all of our past and present d...

During writing workshop, I've seen a lack of planning of late.  Sometimes it results in a story that has no focus.  It's a story th...

When I make decisions about my classroom, whether academically or behaviorally, I try to keep in mind how I as an adult would feel if those ...

(Click above for more Saturday Sayings.) I could be off, but I think it's fairly safe to say that walk into most any element...