I'm an Author for Blog Hoppin'!!

Hi everyone! I have exciting news.  I was invited to join the amazing teachers at Blog Hoppin' and I just wrote my first post! Hopefully, you found the blog during Teacher Week because it is full of great information.  Last week, people everywhere linked up to share pictures of their classrooms, advice for new teachers, and posted freebies on Friday.  Each week we are going to have a theme and all the authors will post their wonderful ideas and freebies to share. This week we are sharing community building ideas. So, without further ado, hop on over to check out my first froggy post Kicking Off the Year in Math.

2011 Torn Paper Portraits Success

My class completed their Torn Paper Portraits this week. I love the way they turned out and was really proud of my kids.  It was very challenging for some, but they learned to let go, let art be art,  and fought the urge to pull out their scissors. For more information about this project, click here to see my original post.

My kiddos also wrote autobiography poems.  We are typing them in the computer lab tomorrow, so I'll post some examples when we get everything published.