Don't just do it, teach it!

Here is just a taste of what I am posting on my new blog.  Enjoy! http://mrsciteachitall.blogspot.com/ I'm sad the year is coming to...

Ahh, my old blog.  So cute.  So not at all me anymore.  So much has changed since I last blogged about teaching.  When I decided to start bl...

Happy Wednesday!  Before I get started for today, I just want to say that I just can't believe how much I love my new job.  Even with th...

After a lengthy break from this blog, I'm back to update and announce some changes.  After losing my job due to budgetary adjustments la...

One of my projects this summer has been to create a Words with Friends poster. I first found a couple of fonts that look like scrabble tile...

Like many teachers, I find myself waiting out the summer wondering where I will be come the first day of school.  After the referendum went ...

Now that the newness of summer is wearing off, I am ready to jump into next school year.  Since I am still looking for a new school to call ...

As our theme week concluded, we celebrated beach day.  As a final activity, the students made a beach ball book of memories.  Each of the st...

On the final two days of our Sports and Games mini-unit, my students learned about the Olympic Games.  They were excited to learn about the ...

All year my students have been completing "think and respond" questions at the end of their weekly stories.  A while back, I start...

This is one of the activities that our team completed as a follow up to our hike.  This is an activity that one of our teachers found online...

After a couple of weeks of report cards, assessments, and packing up, I'm finally back to blogging!  I have so many new things to share,...

As we finish up the year, my first and second graders are doing a mini unit on Sports, Games, and Play.  We are talking about the different ...

My second grade math students started learning the basics of multiplication today.  We first started with with skip counting, and then moved...

We had so much fun today making bouquets of flowers for all of the kids' moms.  First the kids made 5 flowers, complete with stems and l...

As the year comes to an end, I wanted a way to count down the final days.  All year we have kept track with stars on the wall the number of ...

Spring activities are so fun, but so many of them seem to be along the same lines: flowers, insects, rain, and sun.  Since we had done sever...

Today was our first and second grade musical, and it was a huge success!  The production was excerpts from "Seussical" the musical...

My students use white boards every day.  It never fails, we always need more boards at a lit center or in the math area.  Since white boards...

Here is the latest addition to my long vowel activities.  This activity can be completed independently or with other students.  There is a s...

Here is another spelling activity that my students have been doing most of the year.  I had heard of spelling pyramid activities before, but...

So many spelling tests and so little time!  As I continue to work through the Words Their Way methods, I wanted a way for both my students a...