Spring Time, Blog Time. Spring is here, and these bloggers are ready with a fresh new look! Build Your Blog Designs. Stop by to visit these ladies to see their new designs! And visit these new Build Your Blog designs, too. Thanks for stopping by to see the new designs from A Bird in Hand Designs! .

Easy Cat in the Hat Art for Reading Month. My school has Open House on Sunday and I needed a seasonal project for my students that required minimal prep, yet would look fabulous on the walls outside my classroom. This post contains affiliate links.

Sunday, July 5, 2015. I literally just finished e-mailing my blog designer. She is amazing and so easy to work with. She made my new blog look happy and refreshed, and I am so grateful for her work ethic and amazing designs. Hello new you! Love the new fonts and the colors! Graduate school and life have kept me busy. I hope I can be a better blogger. I would like to thank Angie.

Fall is one of my favorite seasons! I LOVE opening up my bins of Fall themed books because there are just soooo many to choose from; leaves, scarecrows, apples, pumpkins and owls. It seems that this is my biggest collection of books! This collection also includes my all time absolute favorite books to read to children. 1 Count Down to Fall. I love this sweet little counting book! This is a simpl.

Monday, August 3, 2015. B2S Parent Input Form Freebie. Hope you hop over and snag it up! Links to this post. Friday, July 24, 2015. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. SDE I Teach First - Shared Reading Session Handout.

Analyzing What My Goals Really Are. Summer seems like it just started but it is actually almost over. Many of you have started back already. It has been fun to watch your classrooms come back to life through Instagram and Facebook. I am not there yet. Yesterday a picture was posted on Instagram about our 2015 goals. Goals for this year? After sitting for an extremely long time, I realized my goals could be broken down into a couple of words.

A teaching blog by an Alaska teacher. Clip art, craftivities, math and writing workshop. Thursday, August 13, 2015. I made something that was on my to-do list for when I am. Back in the classroom! Does your school collect Box Tops? .

Sunday, July 19, 2015. Seven Steps to Landing Your First Teaching Job. I am here today to share some helpful tips. For our friends who may be hoping to land their very first teaching job and for those looking to find a new position. There is some tough competition out there. but following these seven steps.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Peanut Butter and Jelly Vowel Team Posters. All I will say is that it has been a while! I was so excited to pla.

Friday, March 13, 2015. I have done morning messages with my classes for years, even in Kindergarten. I write a message in letter format. I always include a certain number of mistakes, many of them are based on skills we are learning. Then, I include a problem for them to solve in Language or Math, which gives a good review. I thought it would be cool to make this into a Powerpoint that animates the corrections. Then, I realized this is a great idea to share with other teachers! Here are a few pictures! .