I agree! Also look at Words Their Way by Bear, Invernizzi, Tempelton, & Johnston. This is one college textbook I saved. It gives research and...
Calalily18, the recipe book sounds like a cute and useful gift. Do you have any problems getting parents to send in recipes?
What do you dislike about Harcourt, shouldbeasleep? We use it (3rd grade) and I like it for the most parts. Two things I don't like: 1) There are...
Thanks, k1m!
What is TERC?
Most Scholastic books are listed with a level on their website. I would try searching there to find the level.
Are there any others of you using wiki that are willing to post the web address on here so that I can see what some teacher pages look like and...
One thing I realized is important is that there needs to be a cohesiveness through the grade levels. If your 1st-3rd grades use a particular...
Last year when I had many parent helpers, I bought $1 lottery scratch off tickets and put them in cards with a note that read "I hope that you are...
I think it depends on what you want to do for the rest of your career. Do you want to remain a teacher? At the same level? Administration? Other?...
Wow! I have to find these! Are they really totally erasable? Erasable enough that I could use them in our reading textbooks?
I would love to have a SmartBoard all for my class, in my classroom. We have 2 for the entire 16+ classroom school. How do you get one all for...
I think an interesting note to the topic of guns and school shootings (and one that is often debated) is metal detectors in schools. I read that...
The staff in our school usually tries to do a theme. Last year was the 50th anniversary of our school so the teachers all dressed in clothes from...
I agree that The Tale of Desperaux is a wonderful read-aloud. I always read The Trumpet of the Swan, Little House in the Big Woods, and Sideways...
WOW! I happened to stumble upon this post and checked out the website you listed. She has some wonderful ideas and ways to make Literature Circles...
You guys that get off for a week or more in the fall must start earlier than us then. We have only had about 6 weeks of school so far, so I...
My students write and read everyday as well. From using spelling patterns, they have a strategy of sounding out words and knowing the phoenemic...
I already got my November order in the mail! I just sent home the October ones today. What kind of break do you have in October, MelissainGA?
I decided just to go with "A Warm and Fuzzy especially for ____!" Hopefully they will just feel warm and fuzzy, not have fuzzy thinking! ;)
