I've been looking for a few new ideas for the first weeks of school.  I'm at a new school, so we'll be playing lots of ...

This year, I created my own, mostly color-coded, word wall (well, technically they are more like vocabulary cards).   I'm sure I'll ...

Hello everyone! This poor blog has been so neglected!  Last semester, I decided to mostly take a break from blogging.  My husband graduate...

Here are two of my favorite listening activities for Spring (one for K-2 and one for 3-5): The first goes with "Flight of the Bumbleb...

Here's a rhythm activity I'm planning to use with my 5th graders (we're working on recorder and syncopa): The students crea...

In the past I've struggled with explaining "syncopa".  I mean, sure the kids understand what to call it and they understand th...

My 3rd grade students are currently learning about fractions in their math classes.  I thought that this might be a way to help them with th...