AREA, PERIMETER, VOLUME Gardens and fences and new tile floors, towers of blocks and a bulletin board border. Perimeter says "RI...

I am so proud of the work that Karleigh, Laasya, Whitney & Stevie put into this glog on the Titanic!  They are experts on this subject :...

As the kids get ready to take the reading and math benchmark tests, it is important to think about the concepts that are covered on those te...

Go here to read about how you can combine the joy of reading with the power of helping others! 

Using Pixar film clips to practice fluency ; o )

Crane by  David Yezzi Paper creased is with a touch made less by half, reduced as much again by a second fold—so the wish to pres...

In our classroom we read a lot of Ralph Fletcher's writing as well as using many of his writing lessons to perfect our craft.  The stude...

In Reading yesterday we are launching into a unit on Poetry and Plays. During the next few weeks we will spend time reading poetry and discu...

Be sure to go HERE and check out giggle poetry.  You can read and rate poems, both by poets and students, read poems about Teachers and Pri...

We are having so much fun learning about the characters in the book The Best (Worst) Christmas Pageant and updating our character's Fac...

This week we will be looking at characters traits, who they would friend, what they would post as their status, likes, dislikes, and whe...

One of the things I love most about teaching reading in our district is the importance that is placed upon independent reading time.  This i...

Be sure to go HERE to check out the Mossman Book Fair page!  WHEN: Nov 14 - Nov 18 WHERE: Mossman Library SCHEDULE/OPENING HOURS: ...

Don't forget to log on to the Reading Rewards site to enter in your reading minutes.  Here are our on-line reading stats for the week: ...

This was shared with me by a valued friend and colleague.  I wanted to pass it on to both my students and parents.  It truly sums up how I f...

Wow!  I just logged on to our Reading Rewards site and was thrilled to see how many of our students are logging in their reading!  I have a...

Go here to play a visualizing in reading game! : PBS LearningMedia

Go here to play a reading detective game! : PBS LearningMedia

One of the best things you can do to help your child become a better reader is to make sure they are reading at least 20 minutes (or more) a...

Now that we are going into the second nine weeks of school I would like to switch from paper reading logs to online reading logs. I will se...