One of my favorite, December activities with  first graders is making Santa Claus Contractions books. They write the text and add the illu...

  STELLALUNA, by Janelle Cannon, is not only one of my favorite picture books, but a unit I love to teach in the fall. For one week, I imme...

Winter brings mitten weather. So what could be better for your primary classroom than a study of THE MITTEN ?  I love to immerse my class i...

December is the perfect month for a gingerbread man unit.  Just in time for your study, I have 2 literacy centers to extend the learnin...

It's about time, teachers, ...  As a new school year dawns, young children, parents, and teachers are faced with a dilemma: sayi...

In the course of your word work, teachers, it’s now time to introduce flexibility for spelling patterns that change sounds.  To this end,...