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.
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 …
One of my favorite things to do is take pictures of my students throughout the course of the school year and create an end of year slideshow video of all of those images showing the students in action. It is amazing to see the growth and …
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 …
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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