1st Graders: My Toothless Wonders

Such a gift to have an audience for our writing today!  Thanks to all of the parents who were able to make it as they shared the love and su...

Readers need to have lots of tools in their tool belts. During the first month of school I immersed my readers in tons of books that hel...

Problem posed:  "Can you put yourself in order from 1-24?" This may sound pretty easy, but the question was posed to 24 six-year...

Daniela, Oliver, Brayah Welcome to Renaissance! Dear Crew Family, I wanted to formally welcome and introduce to you our 3 new f...

  Every year it is so hard to choose what books to share at the start of the year.  Along with the my classroom library collection I like ...

Children need choice. I have goals for them to meet. Every day we both get to achieve this during what I call Read/Write/Explore...