We are lucky! We don't mean "Take me to Vegas" lucky...That will be in July! In March, we write reasons why we are lucky. We made Bubble Maps on our whiteboards with the labels, I know... I have... I am... I can... Our lucky little leprechauns realize there are so many reasons they are lucky! So after a quick check of their whiteboards from us larger leprechauns, they are given their pot of gold and rainbow to quickly disappear into deep thought as they write and color their own reasons on ... VIEW POST
Our Lucky Rainbows March Writing and St. Patrick’s Day Activities
Bright Ideas Blog Hop
Fishies Can't Write ~ Writing with Class Mascots Teaching our students to master writing mechanics has always been a big challenge for both of us. Most of them come to us barely able to compose a complete sentence. Most of them need to leave writing a complete paragraph. We work hard all year to move mountains build their writing confidence, but sometimes it takes a little help from our friends...Our fishy friends. We've always maintained a class aquarium for our students. Last week, our ... VIEW POST
Pocketful of Memories ~ Memory Writing Craftivity for K-5
The countdown's on...How many days do you have left? We're trying not to count because we have SO much left to do. But, being job share partners, we don't mind our total days left because we can divide by 2. The downside, our paychecks follow the same protocol... We are really tightening up our writing skills, and adding a little crafty twist to wrap up our school year. Pocketful of Memories is our K-5 differentiated memory writing craftivity. We create the pockets as a whole class, ... VIEW POST
Loco for Cocoa
It's California freezing!! Which means it's a chilly 50 degrees. Brrrrrr.... We know some of you snow birds are knee deep in the stuff, relishing in school snow days. Meanwhile us California Girls scramble for closed toe shoes, long pants (those are longer than shorts and capris, we think) and traipse off to work in the bitter, BITTER cold...Up hill. In the pretend snow. Both ways. We added that last bit. For drama. ;-) So to warm us up a bit in this bitter 40 degrees (yes, it's ... VIEW POST
An Endeavor to Endeavour…
Those of you who have already returned to school, EARMUFFS... We don't want to rub anything in or make anyone feel bad in any way whatsoever. So, the following post is not intended to boast or brag that we are still off school. And, we would not at all hold it against you if you stomp all over us do a little happy dance come June when you're two feet into Summer and we're still giving spelling tests. Really! Okay, now that we've got that all cleared up.... LOOK!!! Yesterday, we got to see ... VIEW POST
Sharing is Caring! Giveaway
Happy Thanksgiving Friends! Our list of things to be thankful for grew just a bit this year...From our Facebook Page, Pinterest Boards, TpT, to this bitty Blog of ours, this sharing community of educators we have found picks us up when we're down, humbles us when we're up, and just keeps us putting one foot in front of the other each day. We are so thankful for each and every one of you! Thank you for challenging us to be better teachers after 15 years of teaching. Thank you for making us ... VIEW POST
