I'm so happy to introduce you to an incredible art teacher & my good friend, Kristin Vanderlip Taylor!! Among her MANY talents (she ...
Time to link up with Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics again for Monday Made It! This week I was inspired by Cassie at Funky in Fourth !! We ...
I looove my new t-shirt from A+ Images !! They offered a free t-shirt with logo to bloggers!! I worked with Doug, who designed my shirt. He ...
Welcome to our summer book study: Making Thinking Visible! If you missed Week 1, you can catch up here . With so much focus these days o...
I'm thrilled to be a part of a 4-week TPT Seller Challenge, hosted by Jen at Sparkling in Second , Emily at Third in Hollywood , Amber a...
This week's collaborative topic is Incorporating Music in the Classroom, although I am SO not musical. My poor piano teachers (yes, that...
I'm happy to announce Tried and True Teaching Tools is now being featured on Elementary School Blogs , a daily "blog newspaper&quo...
What is a sludge factory? The Tale of Edgar Trunk: Book 1 is a mystery adventure about Edgar, who has been orphaned since age 1 and spent m...
So excited to be starting this summer professional book study! ESPECIALLY during summer, I need a set routine to get anything done!  I have ...
Aaahhh. . . summer!! I love having TIME to sit & read!! (Although I'm more exhausted since I've been up late every night reading...
100 minutes of PE per week?! On top of Common Core State Standards: reading workshop, writing workshop, math workshop, social studies, scien...
Now that it's summer, we teachers have more time but not more money! Here are 2 ways to end the summer spending blues!! Be sure to enter...