{Nightly Reading Log}

Do you use reading logs? We use a reading log now and I think we're actually putting in on hold for a month or so to focus more on building fluency, both at home and in the classroom.

This is a Reading Log Pack that I came up with and I really love the format, especially for grades 2-4. Why is a nightly reading log important? I think that's a simple answer... You want your kids reading each night. How better to know they're reading than to actually hold them accountable for it? Imagine that! Holding kids accountable for their learning! ;)

Check out some of the pages in this pack. If you're looking for a reading log, this will be on sale through the rest of today for $4.95

I use this on a clipboard to check logs while my students work on Daily Language.

Parent letter, so they know your expectations!

The actual reading log page. There is also a Super Sentence Starter page so students are constantly saying they didn't have anything to write! It also forces them to not just summarize every stinking night!

Go check it out. I love it and it makes me happy, happy, happy!

{TpT, Snow and Swift}

Wanna know three things that make me really happy?

This album... Really.

The Cha Ching that the TpT app makes when you sell something..

The massive amount of snow I walked out to today. 

We were in a meeting and just noticed that it was COMING DOWN all of a sudden, 

I slipped and slid all over the roads on my way home, but now that I'm here and cozy, I can really appreciate it.

Happy Monday, friends!

{Currently and a Super Sale!}

Linking up for my first ever Currently!

That's exciting!

I am also linking up with Ashley over at School Supply Addict for the SUPER SUNDAY SALE going on this weekend on TpT. I am pretty excited for this sale. I have about ten things in my cart, ready to go!

If you're interested in any of my items, they will be a total of 18% off when you use the code SUPER on the site before checkout. My sale actually starts today, so if you don't feel like waiting until tomorrow, you'll still get 10% off!

Here are some things worth checking out:

I love my Reading Log Pack!

Looking to put a nightly reading log in place for your classroom? This pack will help get you started and provide you with all the documents needed {and more} to make it run smoothly!

{In this pack}
Teacher Information Sheet
~My tips and tricks for putting pack in place
Parent Letter
~Keep parents informed when it comes to your expectations
Reading Log Weekly Tracker Sheet
~Copy this front to back with SSS for the students to keep
Super Sentence Starters
~Copy this front to back with the Weekly Log so students never
say "I didn't know what to write!"
Teacher Grading Tracker
~I print these and put them on a clipboard for easy and quick
grading each day of the week. Do it this way and you won't be
stuck grading 20 logs with 4 entries each on Friday :)

My Guided Reading Menu Pack is awesome for differentiation!

Looking for a GENERAL item to use in your guided reading groups? Looking for something that will work with any text? Basal or Chapter Books?
Looking for something that challenges your highs AND your lows?

If you answered YES!! This Guided Reading Pack is for you! I made this as an alternative to those huge Comp. packets we used to give with new chapter books. I was finding myself covering all of those Comp. questions during mini lessons, so this is my alternative.

I make this a packet for all of my students. Then, when meeting with different leveled groups, I steer my lower performers to the lower level thinking activities (Character Portrait, Sequencing, Vocabulary or Literary Elements)

When meeting with my high performing students I steer them towards the higher level thinking activities (Alternate Ending, Sequencing (can be used as both), Compare/Contrast, etc.)

My middle guys I would like to see doing a little of both.

You can use this however you'd like. I like to give my students the choice to choose their three and then I also have a spot where they can let me know which one they thought they did their personal best on. DIFFERENTIATION everywhere! :)

My Spring Fever Writing is also a favorite too..

Get this pack now because it covers Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and also has other Spring related writing prompts too. 

There are graphic organizers and final draft paper for each prompt!

So, go check out my store this weekend. I know I can't wait to see what everyone else is having a sale on. It's a good thing I just got paid and I'm snowed in ;)

{How to Make My Day}

Really?

I got this from a student..

Way to make my day...

<3

{Feeling a Little Ehhh...}

So... today was one of those days.

I had a substitute because I had an all day PD for Language Arts.

Cue all the crap that went wrong... My sub seemed very nice and I'm thankful that it was someone who didn't hit me with a list of grievances against my group. They can be difficult at times, mostly because I have some very wild boys in my room. Lots of boys that have some troubles controlling themselves. A lot of what I left for the day didn't get finished.

I am not one to be super critical of substitutes because I was a sub for A FULL SCHOOL YEAR and I hated it! Subbing blows, I don't care what anyone says.

Then, PD... We were going along great, even had time to plan with the third grade LA teacher from our other elementary and then we start going over Aims Web January scores and I wanted to keel over. {Nearly} all of my kids went down on their CBM and Maze.

:(

As a first year teacher, it's immediately "What am I doing wrong??"

But, as someone who knows that Aims Web is only a very small piece of the puzzle, I try not to freak out too much. I guess it's just frustrating to see it on paper.. to see that my lower kids are not showing that they are not more fluent readers 

HALF WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. UGHHHHHHH!

So, I'll figure out where to go from here, but as of tonight and I am just tired.

I'm ready for the weekend and I need a nap.

I'm being observed tomorrow, so I'm happy to get that over with.

And I actually just became a Thirty-One consultant and I am REALLY excited about that.

I got recruited for being a psycho over my wish list for my party {that did REALLY well} a couple of weeks ago. I'm not OCD or anything.. This is one of my favorite things I got!

So, there's all of that. Something fun to look forward to, and something else that really needs some re-evaluation.

Wish me luck & tell me.. how do you all feel about Aims?

{TGITH}

Thank Gersh it's Thursday...

I wanted to pop in and show you this picture that makes me so happy:

Be still my school supply loving heart...

Mr. Sketch Stix and Neon colored Poly Zip Envelopes!

Speaking of getting organized in style, I just updated one of my favorite things in my shop, my Chevron Teacher Binder Covers!

This pack used to have only ten covers in it and now it has FIFTY??

What? Book em Dan-o! 

Just a little Molly Shannon SNL reference.

Anyways, the covers are super cute and they cover just about everything you could imagine. I printed mine on card stock and slid them in page protectors in my big ol' binder!

Go check them out and Happy Friday tomorrow!

{Key to My Heart}

UM. It's looking pretty cute!

Almost finished!

<3