Website: Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snap Shots
Web Address: http://www.jmeacham.com/
Reviewed by Sadie Elliott

This website was created by a classroom teacher to share her ideas and resources with other teachers. It is incredibly useful and informative. She has all of her resources and ideas alphabetized, so they are easy to find. The vast array of resources crosses all subject areas: reading, writing, author studies, games, math, science, and art projects.

As a first grade teacher, her resources for writing are particularly helpful. Her writer's workshop section provides a bunch of mini-lessons, supply lists, and information about teaching writing to primary students. Her mini-lessons include detailed instructions for teaching students and presenting the lesson, as well as including book suggestions or graphic organizer resources. She also includes an Shared Writing section which provides lesson plans for interactive writing lessons as well as predictable charts and class books. I have personally used many of her writing activities with my own students, and have found them all to be very developmentally appropriate and engaging for young learners.

This website would be useful for first-year teachers and veteran teachers alike. Her ideas are invaluable and her resources are a wonderful way to supplement any gaps in your current curriculum. It is easy to navigate, with topics highlighted and alphabetized. Within the topics, she uses charts and tables to make it easy to find the resources and then put them to use in the classroom. Her website resources are freely provided and among the best you will find on the web! I highly recommend dropping by and visiting her site if you are a primary level teacher, you won't be disappointed.