These first two weeks of school have been a bit of a whirlwind. Each day that we navigate ONE MORE successful day of in-person and on-line instruction, I let out a sigh of both accomplishment and ...
ELA Classroom Ideas
Organizing your language arts classroom to optimize learning and minimize distractions is a delicate practice. This section contains my favorite ideas and resources that I use in my own classroom. Find tips for classroom layout, schedule structure, seasonal learning activities, and more!
Back to School Digital Activities for ELA Classrooms
Back to school 2020 will be NEW for all of us. Despite this being year 20 for me-I am learning things as I go just like a first year teacher. Whether your school is doing distance learning, hybrid, ...
Back to School 2020: Tips from a Middle School ELA Teacher
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 ...
Back to School Favorites for ELA Teachers
2020 is my 20th back to school! While I began my teaching career in 1998 (with a few years off staying home with my littlest), every back to school season seems even more exciting than the one ...
Tips, Techniques, and Tools for Distance Learning
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, ...
10+Amazon Essentials for Middle School
"Your classroom environment speaks to your students before you utter a single word. What is your classroom saying?" These thoughts from Megan Dredge resonate with me as a middle school teacher. As ...
