The World's Best Pencil!

This is no joke folks!  I am a true believer in Ticonderoga pencils!

These really are the worlds best pencils.  Our school, which is a Title 1 school, provides school supplies to all of our students every year with the help of community donations.  Because of this we tend to buy the cheaper made Dixon brand pencils, and us teachers are just not fans.  I broke down and bought my own supply of pencils from Amazon.  

With the help of the "Great Pencil Challenge", my students have done a phenomenal job with keeping up with their pencils this year.  If you don't know about the Great Pencil Challenge, check it out immediately!  It will change your life in the classroom!  Hopefully every time I sharpen pencils now, they won't break!

Happy sharpening!

Coming This Week...

Lots of compound word learning!  More info coming on where I found this great idea and what else I have found over Christmas break!!

This Is Real Ya'll!

I cannot believe it but this is true!  As a joke for my brother-in-law we were looking for chicken images and happened upon this story.  This is a great science fact you can share.

Seriously though, it's the best story I have heard all year.  ;-)