This Smorgasbord is brought to you by: I, myself, am in need of some fresh ideas as I am in the midst of "testing season" as I like to call it. Our new state testing began yesterday, April 13, and is scheduled to end on May 22 (with make-ups). That's 6 weeks …
It's been forever since I've linked up with Doodle Bugs Teaching , so I am past due! My 8th grade ELA class and I have been reading The Giver Lois Lowry so this week I thought I would share the 5 best things we have done with the book thus far. We have been thoroughly …
In some places, April showers bring May flowers. Here, they bring the Top 3 Pinterest Picks! :) A big thanks to PAWSatively Teaching and Inspired Owl's Corner for being the hostesses! Since it's April, and poetry month, you can bet we're going to be reading and wri…
This week, I have been on Spring break! I know that when I return we will be in "crunch time" for the two weeks leading up to our big state tests. I found that when we took our writing test, it really helped my students to know how to approach the test. Yes, they had learned h…