I’ve always been a lover of reading. I remember getting reprimanded alllll the time in elementary school for hiding a book on my lap during class! It’s that desire to be a “wild reader”–to quote Donalyn Miller– that I want to instill in my own students. The book I’ll be sharing with you today is one of my favorite wordless picture books–A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka. This is a great book to read for making text-to-self connections. What child hasn’t been devastated over the loss of a beloved

Here in Virginia, it’s apple picking time at all the local orchards. Time for apple pie, apple cider, apple dumplings, and the list goes on… yum! So of course, we threaded lots of apple activities into our class. We were learning about our five senses in science, so this was the perfect opportunity to incorporate all of them. First, we explored apples with our sense of sight, smell, and touch. The students shook the apples to see if they made a sound, and then determined they did not. When we