Teacher, Teacher, I Declare!

I made a template for a new Lesson Plan Book this year.  (Smart young colleague/former student has designed her own lesson plan book for sev...

I spent Monday working with two colleagues on an "English Opportunity Room" curriculum.  One colleague is the head of our PLC and ...

I spent the first two weeks of my summer hanging out with my kid sister. We had two nephews getting married in back-to-back weeks, so she ca...

Our State seems to be turning its back on education and teachers. These are the things I'd like my legislators to know: Yes, teacher...

Once in awhile, we have to remind students that writing is fun.  Quick writes are a great way to do that.  So, in the last ten minutes of cl...

During the last few weeks of school, I've had more teachers in my room than I've ever had before. (Well, without food being involved...

You know the drill.  I was so hoping that I was making progress.  It was too good to be true. We had spent a week or so discussing the his...