Dusting off the shelves of this blog for another school year. I'd like to use this more as a personal journal for my schoolteacher life ...

Thank goodness I didn't change grades, because these are the things that are new this year: Reading curriculum (same basal, differen...

Only at a school can these things happen on the same day... Adults and kids dressed in pajamas Adults and kids dressed like pirates (ma...

Student: "Mrs. T, do you actually call your husband Mr. Thomason?" Me: "Nope, I call him my servant. Hahahaha!" Crick...

One of my favorite parts of a  new school year is when your "old" kids come back and say hi. It totally makes you feel like a rock...

A new year has arrived and we are off with a bang!  The kids were super good sports as we did a Mrs. Thomason tradition--spell...

Wow, it's been a while! I was hoping that with a sweet, new class and a great new job, I'd feel like blogging a bit more. It seems l...

I love my new class. I'm exhausted, but they are the cutest, cutest, cutest! Favorite conversation: Student: Hey, Mrs. T., my dad h...

Today was our first day! We had only a half day, and I LOVE that they do that. You are so exhausted after three hours with the kids. They...

I love this linky party that is happening over at 4th Grade Frolics ! In fact, I had seen many, many versions of this idea I used for my ...

This week of summer has been my only true "do whatever I want/stay-at-home-wife" week. I did summer school in June, then spent the...

There are a lot of resources out there for brain breaks. I have a set of laminated brain breaks that correspond with each letter of the alph...