




 Themed weeks in upper elementary are the bread and butter to rigorous learning. When you have a theme for a week or a day your students buy into the learning at a whole other level. During the holiday season, theme weeks are vital to keeping engagement and rigor high! Elf week or day is…
I love Google! We have Google Chrome Books in our classroom and we LOVE it! One of my favorite ways is to use Google Quizzes which is a step off of Google Forms. It is great because not only do you take the quiz on the computer so you don’t have to copy, but it…
I know you are all like me and you just don’t have a ton of time. You already have to plan all your lessons, prepare all of them, plan all your centers, go to meetings, and the list goes on and on. For me, I always loved doing guided reading and I loved watching…
Back to school is such a fun and exciting time of the year for students and teachers. With these back to school resources, you can really engage your students in learning right off the bat! Back to School Read Aloud Companions Setting up a reading climate is something that you want to do right from…
Today, I am here to share one of my biggest passions, reading in the classroom! I love to get kids reading! This week, we are focused on Non-Fiction Reading which is my favorite! I love watching kids learn things that they never knew before. I love to make non-fiction reading as fun as possible! When…
December is a great time to find some really engaging and rigorous read alouds for your students! Some of the read alouds can just be for fun and some can have some high-value teaching content in them. Today, I am going to share my top 10 read alouds for the month of December. Click on…

I am so glad you’re here! I love helping 3rd-5th grade teachers by providing ideas, engaging resources, and professional development they need. I am a literacy coach who is here to help lessen the workload for teachers while making them more confident! I want students to be continually engaged in a rigorous environment!

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