Teaching Has Spilled Into My Everyday Life

A new year, a new start. There is always something I'm revamping. My major change this year was my classroom library. I'm also pl...

As I was reorganizing my classroom library this summer, I realized in the middle of building the shelves that I was doing a whole lot of ma...

Waste. It sucks. Even with these posters I made (below) and discussions with students, it doesn't always work or get better. If any of t...

Alright. All teachers have pet peeves. I have a couple, or a few, or maybe a lot! Haha. But each year I pick and choose one or two things to...

Ever have that class?? The one that drains you and makes you work harder than taking care of a one year old? The one that makes you thin...

When creative/proud student art or writing gets sent home during the year, the chances of it being kept are slim because what can you really...

So in my  post  on student-led conferences last year, I added one tid bit that made it much better this time around.  I HELPED them with wor...