Glue Sticks and Pencil Shavings

Narnia is my theme for the entire school year, but I also like to have a special theme for the first week to kick things off. When I went t...

This year's classroom theme is Chronicles of Narnia!     I've created table groups based on the mythical creatures in the land:...

In February we went to the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden . I'd never been before but had read online that they had a wonderful school p...

Well, it looks like I was really bad about blogging (again) last year! SO much happened after my last post! Here's some of it in a nutsh...

I had so many fun Harry Potter themed activities planned the first week, but I didn't have time to get through all of them. Luckily, I w...

One week ago, I left my classroom with a heavy sigh and thought "I'm as ready as I'll ever be." I turned off the lights a...

I recently learned about this wonderful nonprofit organization called DonorsChoose that allows people to donate to classrooms and teache...