Fresh Sharpened Pencils

Third grade is the year you learn your Times Tables.  It's a big deal.  Some are excited about it and feel grown-up.  Others just hate...

While cleaning up at the end of Writer's Workshop last week, one of my shy little girls, H, came to me and said, "Ms. P, I love ...

Classroom management... the most important part of teaching in my opinion.  This is how I do it so I can actually teach something. The Qu...