Summer reading can be tricky. As parents, we have this idea that our children should arrive home from the last day of school enthusiastic and ready to tackle book after book until they return to the classroom in August/September! As teachers, we hope that our …
When I think back to the beginning of my teaching career, which began in August of 1998, while I was an enthusiastic college-grad, fresh from an enriching student-teaching experience, seemingly ready to take on a classroom of well-behaved and on-level students, I truly knew nothing! …
I have reached the point in my life where, not only have I had the good fortune of teaching middle school, but I also have middle school students of my own. My oldest two are now in high school, and my youngest is entering 6th …
Do you use Google Slides in your classroom? All of my middle school students are issued Chromebooks at the start of the year, and my teammates and I utilize digital resources in Google Classroom on a daily basis. As a teacher author, I’ve also created …
Back to School 2020 is challenging, to say the least. A few of the questions that I have been asked over the course of the last few weeks… Is your classroom ready? Do you know what the district’s plan will be? Do you feel safe …
I hope this post finds you well and adjusting as much as possible to this “new normal” that we seem to have been thrust into. To be completely honest, I am struggling. I am an extroverted, structure-loving teacher. And this holed-up, we-aren’t-quite-sure-when-things-will-get-better way of life …
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