So I will be the first to admit that as a first year kindergarten teacher I don't know everything there is to know about teaching kindergarteners to write.  In fact, I probably know very little!  I do a lot of reading, and use a variety of resources, and most of all go with my gut and do ... READ the POST

I just have to share that I LOVE our Elf on the Shelf - Effie.  Besides adding some fun to our day, I love that my kids walk in the room and Effie is the first thing they look for!  Today they were distraught when they couldn't find her.  Then I started hearing "Effie - where are ... READ the POST

This week our Kindergarten team will begin Christmas Around the World.  The students will be rotating to a different teacher everyday during Social Studies and I will do my same lesson 5 times.  I jumped at the chance to do Germany since I know lots of Germany facts from teaching 3rd ... READ the POST

This year our campus is trying out the concept of buddy classes.  I have done this at my previous campus and really loved it so I was very excited to take part again.  As a kindergarten teacher my class has a 3rd grade buddy class.  As we experiment this year, there are not a lot of ... READ the POST

So I have been thinking for a while that I wanted to add the Elf on the Shelf to my kindergarten classroom.  My thought was not to start it until December so that I didn't add an extra week of Christmas craziness to myself.  So somehow in my mind that led to waiting until the last minute ... READ the POST

I have to say I was a little worried going into this first week back after Thanksgiving break.  I was worried that my kiddos would come back not remembering our routine or expectations.  Boy was I surprised!  We had an amazing week!  My plan was to re-visit rules and expectations ... READ the POST