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Literacy

Reading Response Flip Books for Any Book

Reading response can tell us a lot about what students understand, but it does not have to look like the same worksheet every time. Young readers often have more to…

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Writing

Engaging Writing Activities

One area I want to improve on this coming school year, is the writing center. I want students to practice specific skills in an engaging hands-on way. This way I…

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Writing

Engaging Writing Activities Volume 2

If you read my last post about my writing center, you know I am trying to build a bank of meaningful center activities that allow students to practice concepts directly…

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Writing

Write On!

For the last month, our focus in writing has been to take a big idea or topic and create a complete writing piece that sticks to the topic with both…

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Literacy | Math

Workshop Talk!

This year my entire morning is workshop style. My class goes 3 full hours in workshop mode every day. We do our reader’s workshop (loosely based on The Daily Five)…

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Meet Reagan

This website began back in the good old Blogspot days as a little space for the parents of my students. I had no idea it would grow into such an incredible community of teachers.

Once I realized I was reaching other teachers, I began sharing teaching ideas, classroom inspiration, and resources. Soon after and much to my surprise, education companies, conferences, schools, and districts began inviting me to share my passion for teaching in person, too. After 18 years in the classroom, I will always see teaching as one of the greatest privileges of my life, and getting to support other teachers now is something I never take lightly.

After 15 years on this URL, it still means the world every time you visit, read, comment, and use something from this space. I love creating resources and sharing ideas that bring joy, clarity, and confidence to teaching and learning.

I hope you find something here today that inspires you, supports your students, and brings a little more joy to your classroom.

I’m so glad you’re here.

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