Saturday started like a regular school day for me. I awoke at 5:00 AM and got ready. But instead of going to school, I drove 2 hours to a grade school in Clive, Iowa for #EdCampDSM. It was a great day! I love EdCamps. This was my 8th EdCamp since attending my first EdCamp in [Read On]

This past March, I attended #EdCampOmaha. I went to a session led by my friend @MattBGomez. Matt is an awesome Kindergarten teacher and I respect and trust his advice. I’ve always wanted to have a classroom Twitter account, but our discussion that day, at #EdCampOmaha cinched it for me. My biggest worry about having a [Read On]

My new classroom wiki is beginning to take shape. I love using Wikispaces to host all the great projects my Third Graders create. So, keep an eye on our wiki and watch it grow! I really love adding widgets to wikis. My favorite type of widget is anything related to Geography. I just added a [Read On]

Here we are, in our first week of school, and I’m itching to begin our first read aloud. I love to read to my students! But, I wanted them to have a choice in which book I would read first. Technology to the rescue! I picked 3 books that I would like to read to [Read On]

Well, it’s not actually my first day in 3rd grade. You’d think after 10 year in 3rd grade, I would pass! It was a great start to the year. But I always forget how long setting up routines and procedures take. But I do know that they sure make for a smooth running classroom after they [Read On]

Thursday was our Open House. I love this opportunity to meet my new students and their parents. It was a very busy 2 hours.  I think I had half my students stop by in the first 30 minutes! Just like last year, I had my students explore the room and look for 4 QR Codes. [Read On]