There is nothing quite like receiving an Erin Condren box of goodies. As soon as I saw this on my doorstep as I passed by the front of my house, I  could not wait to open it! :)Erin Condren reached out to me after seeing my Instagram, and they offered to send me some items. I could NOT turn that down since I love everything Erin Condren. I fell in love with the new watercolor design, so you'll find that quite a few of the things I ordered are in this gorgeous purple watercolor pattern. ... VIEW POST

Background: First, to the hundreds of people who have asked me for this blog post: I'm sorry. I said that I would write a blog post "within the week," and here we are a year later. 😂 I hope that you can forgive me, and I truly hope that this post helps you establish a house system in your classroom community. The house system idea first appealed to me when I discovered the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. It touched on my love for Harry Potter and teaching all in one, and I KNEW that I wanted to ... VIEW POST

Hello my fellow Romeo and Juliet teachers. Teaching Shakespeare in general can be so powerful and unique for our students. I have been posting some ideas on my Instagram lately, and many people have been requesting some of the specific resources that I've posted, so I thought I would put together a little post of some of the most recent ones. Use one or use all, or simply be inspired to create your own versions. You can access the Google Drive folder here.These are the prologue cards that I used ... VIEW POST