Does your heart sink when the principal walks through your door, even when your students are busy doing amazing things? Do you suddenly start to question all things happening in your classroom? Are my bulletin boards up to date? Are my objectives posted? Is my class too noisy? Is Bobby going to wipe a booger [...]

  I invite my principal into my classroom early and often... and you guessed it... I'm going to share the hows and whys of this approach with you today! Why Do I want my principal in my classroom? 1.Get to know your principal and his/her perspective.   You can get to know a lot about [...]

I'm not sure who loves color by code activities more, my students or me? Here are the top five reasons I LOVE color by code activities! Repeated skill practice The types of skills I love to practice with color by code activities are math facts, sight words, and decoding. These are all skills that students [...]