This week was all about striking balance. The bad news? The classes were loud! The good news? Most of the discussions centered on the lesson. This was only a problem because their discussions led them to miss instructions, other parts of the videos they needed to see, etc. It’s all about making sure I have […]

Lots of stuff happening, and a lot has been coming together is some really nice ways. No major complaints this week. First up, second graders continued work on their story telling unit (Sharing Stories in Open Court Reading). I started a VoiceThread where I asked students to share lessons learned from the fairytale we watched […]

Story of the week, Edublogs being down (well, more like up and down). Grade One: I’m proceeding with just having them watch language arts videos for reading development and go to Starfall providing more reading and phonemic development. This is the grade level that I need to do the most development in my own practices. […]