I am so excited that Week 3 was over.  I haven’t posted much this week b/c it was hectic.  We have to start sending progress reports and talking to parents about their child’s progress in the class.  So, as you can imagine, when I get home, I am too pooped to blog!   But, I’m working at better managing my time.  So here are a few ...

Advice given to me years ago by a wise pediatrician saved me a lot of back pedaling.  "Don't threaten to do something if you don't really mean it."  I remembered his words often in the course of raising children and teaching school.  Sometimes when truly frustrated, it's human nature to put some consequences in place ...

I am so excited to answer the next two questions simply because the come from Frumteacher! She always asks me questions about my classroom practice-I’m no expert, btw. It’s all trial and error. . . .a lot of error. But her questions often provoke me to take a deeper look at my classroom or teaching [...]

Tonight, I had sushi at a local resturant.  While dining at the bar, the server stopped to chat with me about the book I was reading.  I told her, “I guess I do a lot of reading b/c I’m a history teacher.”  This excited her.  She was only about 20 years old.  In fact, her [...]