Sunny and Bright in Primary

Primary Teaching Ideas, Resources and Strategies

Five for Friday

Happy Weekend!  Even though it's Saturday, I'm linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for Five for Friday... I'm such a rebel! Can you believe it is December?!  It is hard for me to process that... Mostly because it feels like time is flying by recently... but the fact that I had my air conditioning on this week doesn't help! Last weekend I put up my Christmas tree and finished 98% of my ... read more

5 for Friday (on Saturday)

Hello my poor, neglected blog.  I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday.  Yes, I know it's Saturday... but a day late and a dollar short is pretty much the way I am living these days, so I decided not to let that hold me back!   So, I decided to use this post as a bit of a "catch up" post... but there is A LOT to catch up on!  This week was ridiculously crazy. ... read more

5 For Fridays

Well, it's been a few weeks since I've been able to write a 5 for Friday post (or blog at all, for that matter)! Life has been crazy... like, CRAZY crazy...  So, I will try to use this post to give a quick summary of the crazy...This is three Fridays is one... Here we go! So, the back to school craziness started off with the "usual" crazy... Long days of setting up my classroom, a busy "Meet ... read more

5 for Friday!

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week!  We went back to school on Monday so it has been a l-o-n-g, busy week.. a good week... but a very, very busy one! Last weekend my parents had a huge family party at their house.  My sister and her family came into town, which is always fun!  They also had my aunts uncle, cousins and all of their kids over.  It was a really great "family fun" ... read more

5 for Friday!

Happy Friday!  I am linking up with Doodle Bug Teaching for another Five for Friday post today.  I am trying hard not to think about the fact that this is my LAST week of summer vacation!  Next week's post will be full of classroom photos and "back to school"... hard to believe! My identical twins are going to be a little less identical for awhile!   My sweet Matt had his "Phase 1" ... read more

How Teachers Relax

My friend Laura from A Grace Filled Classroom told me a few weeks ago about this great idea for a linky party.  I thought it was a fun idea and told her I would love to link up. Then, yesterday I sat and stared at a blank computer screen for wayyyy too long.  While I did not actually get anything written during my 2 hours at Panera, I did have time to figure some things out.  Lately, I keep ... read more

Five for Friday (My First!)

Happy Friday!  I am really excited to be linking up with my very first Five for Friday post today!  I love reading these blog posts every week and I have had intentions of writing one for a very long time.  Today I am "biting the bullet" and making it happen!  I had a fabulous week so it seems like a great time to start. I got to attend the Teachers Pay Teachers conference in Orlando!  ... read more

How to Begin and ENJOY Co-Teaching in Kindergarten! Part 2

Last week I shared some of the background story for how Rachelle and I decided to start our new co-teaching adventure this year.  (You can read about that HERE.)  Today I thought I would share "how we got here" this year and a tour of our new room.  Here we go! So, at the beginning of the year we decided that we would like to do a lot of collaborating and bring our students together a lot this ... read more

How to Begin and ENJOY Co-Teaching in Kindergarten!

Exciting things have been happening!  This week my friend Rachelle and I officially started co-teaching our kindergarten classes!  It's funny because things are happening very quickly and it feels a bit like a whirlwind...but when we stopped to talk about things last night, we realized that this has been almost 10 years in the making.  When you think about it that way it's about time! So, my ... read more