I dream of reading novel after novel throughout the school year, but time is of the essence. With professional development, classroom instruction, and family life…novel reading for pleasure can go by the wayside. That is why summertime is my very favorite book reading season! Reading books …
The end of the school year is a wild and busy time for both teachers and students. I always compare it to a tornado swooping me up, swirling me around with a million things on my plate, and spitting me out as I say goodbye to …
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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