It didn't take me long last year to recognize the benefit of students having a notebook for their notes and glued in important worksheet...

Last year I was just surviving.   It was my first year.  I was hired the week before school started and first saw my classroom (which was...

This summer I read "Teaching with Love and Logic" by Jim Fay and David Funk .  A great book to read, and I recommend it to any tea...

Can you believe that summer is over?  We're half way through our first week and I have yet to blog anything!  Major changes this year:...

The school year ended a week ago on Thursday.  Teachers came in for their last day on Friday.  We packed up and labeled all of our stuff. It...

Picture of loch ness monster in presentation Student 1: Hey, Miss, what's the name of that? Me: The loch ness monster? Student 1...

A few of the rockets my students made. The eighth graders are done with middle school and are moving on.  During the last few days we co...