If you are like me, you LOVE to see actual photographs of classrooms, student work, anchor charts, and more. When I SEE, I remember. When I READ, I wish I had something to SEE to help me remember! That's just how my brain works. Enter Julie Ballew. Have you seen her website? I am a frequent visitor because her photos of student work, anchor charts, and more help me picture things that I have ... Read the Post
Reading Logs: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Tomorrow is a teacher work day for me...the end of the semester "work on report card" day that I always turn into "clear the piles and dump stuff in the recycling bin while eating copious snacks and drinking caffeinated beverages" day. Just thought I would follow up on my post the other day about how important I feel it is to take "status of the class" during independent reading. I love being ... Read the Post