The most wonderful part of teaching is learning. Every day I learn more and more from my STUDENTS. This section of my site features my strategies for connecting and engaging students in the classroom.
As I finish out my 24th year as a teacher, it is always bittersweet to watch my students take the last step in their transition to becoming 8th graders. Of course, I am proud of their accomplishments, but I will miss all of the learning and …
State testing is stressful for teachers and overwhelming for students, and the moment it is completed, there is a sense of relief and joy in every school building. There’s so much buildup to testing that it’s easy to forget we have to keep students learning …
Before I became a parent, my classroom was loaded with goodies. During my first few years of teaching, my sister worked for Hershey’s Chocolate, and my students were able to greatly benefit from her kind donations to our classroom. Needless to say, they were less …
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 …
It is Sunday morning at 4:30. My eyes aren’t quite finished with sleep, but my brain and the thoughts of another school week will not rest. So I am out of bed, working on report cards, planning my lessons for the week, responding to emails, …
I have been MIA for the last few weeks, friends! Something wildly exciting transpired this summer and I have been knee-deep in preparation, planning, organizing, learning, reading, and decorating! No, I am not… pregnant with child #4 and/or #5 moving cross-country going through any major …
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