3rd Grade's a Hoot

I can't believe that I am on Christmas break and when we get back to school there are only 3 more 6 weeks left of my first year in 3rd g...

One of my darlings was having major problems with spelling and failing the weekly spelling tests horribly so I was in search of some type of...

I am "Friday Tired" (that's what I call the state of teacher exhaustion after a long week) but I wanted to go ahead and post ...

OK, so who else is reading The Hunger Games series?  I started it today and can hardly stand to put it down.  Thanks to my assistant princip...

It is no mystery that I love OWLS.  In first grade I always did a Stellaluna/Bat theme unit.  This year I had the opportunity to use the Owl...

I know it is Management Monday, but I was in desperate need of some help for my thirdsters that seem to be struggling with unlocking the cod...

A couple of days ago I was contacted by Becky  from  UCreate .    Becky does a weekly Teacher Feature on her blog and this week she chos...

It was just another Manic Monday (whoa, whoa)!  Sorry I had to.  Anyway I always feel like Mondays are crazy.  New word wall words, new spel...

OMGoodness!  I am sooooo thrilled that someone gave me an award.  I can't even tell you how surprised I was when Janis over at Caffeinat...

We are 5 days away from "Meet the Teacher" and my room is, dare I say it,  almost ready.  I am sooooo stinkin happy with my room ...

So since I am going to be teaching thirdsters this year I'm getting a little higher in the place value realm.  I am seriously obsessed w...

We are finally able to get into our classrooms this week.  I have been looking forward to this all summer!  Oh boy!   I must have forgotten ...

Obviously I have a small obsession with owls and it seems like many others do too.  A lovely fellow blogger asked me to create her a special...

In between Pinterest, blogging, creating for TpT, Facebook, and  Twitter ( boy I spend a lot of time on the internet) I can't forget abo...

I had a request for some pirate signs so I created these today.   This set includes signs for  the 5, EEKK, I Pick, and 3 Ways to Read a Boo...

I am so excited to start the Bucket Filler program with my third graders this year.  I created some signs that will go perfectly with my mot...

Summer in Texas means triple digit temperatures everyday.  This makes spending hours posted up on the computer (with ice cold lemonade tea i...