That's right....I'm in love.  I'm in love with the questions, the connections, the thinking, and the completely engaged 2nd gra...

I have quite a chatty class this year.  And by chatty I mean they never stop talking : )  Luckily talking, otherwise known as speaking and ...

Conquering the open number line and other math strategies We have been busy using the open number line to solve our math problems.  The...

What I'm Reading Right Now Like any true teacher nerd, I have spent some time looking over Hattie's ranking , and my current ob...

Things are really busy over here!  We have been having tons of fun with our matter unit.   We observed all three states of matter when we ...

We have been digging into some great texts during our unit on Civil Rights.  Here are the highlights! This text is great for focusing...

Ten Marks Shout Out This year I have been working really hard on guided math in my room.  I give quick weekly  pre-assessments and make m...