Virtual Guest Speakers to Enhance our Curriculum

I am spending a few days this week away from my classroom. I am participating in a Lesson Study with Day One and Two of the Open Court program. I was a bit nervous exposing my teaching in front of peers and coaches. I was thinking about threads in this weeks Creating [...]

Open Court Unit Openers

So what makes a successful unit opener?  Thanks Mathew; Creating Lifelong Learners  blog for the friendly nudge. I’ll be spending some time this next week looking at our next unit plan.  The unit opener is an opportunity to give your Language Arts curriculum a jump start.  Spending a day away from routines and exploring a [...]

Spring Time

I am back in the classroom now! It has been a roller coaster ride. Today we celebrated Cesar Chavez day. ALL DAY.   I put a packet together last night. It went well with our storytelling unit. The students were engaged. I was able to [...]