So, its been forever, practically 2 years (it really has been!) but I've been a busy person! I had a baby on January 8th of 2018, I know that was a while ago but babies can keep a person busy! Anyway, I'm back and ready to share with you one of my favorite Google Interactive projects that we completed in 5th grade last year.  Next year I will be teaching 5th grade again, but only social studies and math, so I've been reflecting on some of the projects that we did last year to see what I loved, what I didn't love so much and how I can make these projects work with my new departmentalized schedu ..read more

I love teaching the American Revolution. It is by far my favorite thing to teach when it comes to Social Studies. I just love to see how our country fought for their freedom. Now, even though I love to teach the American Revolution, it is not easy to teach. I have found that my kids don't know that much about the topic and that seems to slow us down. That is why I have been working hard this year to #setthestagetoengage when it comes to this topic and let me tell you there are some AMAZING things out there that helped me.  Let me start off with how I address my students lack of schema when i ..read more