Having a blog sounded so easy back in July.  THIS YEAR IS INSANE!  We have a new ELA series and a new Math series.  Both are Pearson products and I wonder if anyone at Pearson has ever actually taught.
I've put a few Reading Street Resources on Tpt so look for my freebies.  More to come soon, I promise. Working through the first topic in enVision math has given me a ton of ideas for how to do things better than they are presented in the T.E. Now I just need a day to work on things!  Does anyone else feel like they are just fighting fires all day?  In the meantime here's a short writing activity to help kiddoes think more deeply about character.  I used it with the Reading Street selection: Kumak's Fish.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzYJvewabh0nUTlBUmh4S19NZFE