While preparing for our author visit by Patricia Polacco in April, I came across The Lemonade Club . Given that one of our fifth grade tea...

We had a blast celebrating St. Patrick's Day yesterday!  I made shepherd's pie for the kids and we drank green leprechaun j...

It feels like such a downer to be reading a story about the Arctic and Antarctic when we are embarking on spring...but alas, we can't sk...

We have been working extremely hard on writing these past few months, and I am finally seeing progress! At first my students would totally m...

Don't forget, you have a few more days to enter the giveaway!  http://alysiabattista.blogspot.com/2012/03/busy-bee-birthday-bash....