A Primary Teaching Blog
We are so excited to announce our TpT Seller Challenge! There will be 4 weeks of fun ahead, we hope you can join! We will be right by your side the whole time joining in all the challenges. {don’t worry, we’ll be posting reminders/directions each week & join our Facebook group below for ever MORE collaboration} Here’s how it works…… Read More
This month we are highlighting books that share the excitement of summer coming and the school year coming to an end! Courtney and I have asked some of our blogging buddies to guest post with their own read aloud recommendations this month! Check out these recommendations from Jaime over at Bright Concepts 4 Teachers. The Night Before Summer Vacation by Natasha… Read More
What a fun filled day it was, meeting up with other So. Cal teachers and bloggers for a romp through the Scholastic Warehouse {and yes, by warehouse I mean a large large large place with books floor to ceiling}! A couple times a year Scholastic throws these amazing sales and puts little pop up stores in conference rooms around the nation. Lucky… Read More
Happy Summer to some of you lucky ducks! I still have a good 4 weeks before I get out, so this post might be painful for me to write and look at 😉 One of my favorite places to visit in So Cal during the summertime {or really anytime} is San Juan Capistrano Mission. It really is the “gem” of… Read More
April showers bring MAY flowers {and the end of the school year for many of you}! Ramona Recommends and I are here to help you pick your read alouds for this month!Follow us on insta using the hashtag #sparklingrecommendations This month we are highlight books that work for Mother’s Day, Wordless Picture Book month, and Cinco de Mayo! Are You My Mother? A… Read More
I’ve been reflecting on my past years of teaching. There are so many things that no one tells you will happen and no credential program can prepare you for. Here are some things teachers don’t tell you {or at least I’ve never spoken of}… Did you know our classrooms were 100 degrees or more for at least a month each… Read More
I’ve got a quick tip for you all during this month’s “You Oughta Know” hosted by Jasmine over at Buzzing with Mrs. McClain! Do you ever have several small pieces of things to laminate? You cut them up and they slide all over and get overlapped? Some people just throw the whole page through and cut the pieces up, but I… Read More
It’s almost April! Let’s get your library ready! Ramona Recommends and I are here to help you pick your read alouds for this month 🙂 Oh April! The month of spring, cool, but sunny weather! We hope these books give you pep in your step for this month. Click, Clack, Peep! Farmer Brown’s animals are at it again, but it isn’t duck… Read More
Courtney from Ramona Recommends and I have decided to put our two libraries together {& she’s got a big one} to recommend some monthly-themed books! Check back with us each month for our top picks for K-5 classrooms. Yes, we are a little late to the March party, but we are here to give recommendations anyways! I’m Irish, so I absolutely… Read More
It’s been a while since I’ve linked up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday! I always get too tired or realize it’s Saturday and feel awkward about it or sometimes I just feel like I don’t have anything exciting to share! grrr. But I’m doing it because I’m sitting here on a Thursday night preparing {& watching Scandal… Read More
