I wanted to thank everyone for all of the positive feedback I recieved as the new year started. I still beleive that its going to be a fabulous year! I am not trying to be a negative Nelly, but as I assessed my students today, here are some of my concerns: Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. This batch of freshman seem a bit lost, ...

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 [...]

I have been busier than a dog with flees!!!   I’ve been trying to catch up on paperwork.  I feel like I’m drowing in it.  Failure reports, lesson plans, parental contacts, conferences. . . it never ends.  But, I have learned to organize myself a little better for it. We’ve had report cards again and this time I [...]

I voted in early voting.  Everytime I vote  I tell my students about it–mainly b/c I believe it is a teachable moment and citizenship in action.  I encourage them to vote, again and again.  If they are of age, when they show me a voter registration card, etc.  I get excited and I applaud them, [...]

Okay, I love when I get these types of emails from students, so of course you know I have to share it.  Identifying characteristics have been removed.  Miss A i did the stuff they was supposed to do when they went tothe library. When you did the last folder check i put them in the back [...]