One of our Social Studies standards is that students will be able to compare changes in the community over time.  After watching a short video clip aand having a lengthy class discussion about changes in dress, transportation, roads, stores, schools, I asked my kids to think of one thing about our community in the past and what that thing is ...

After being a kindergarten teacher for ten years, I was a little nervous when I was ''promoted'' to second grade.  I wasn't quite sure that I'd like it as much as I did the five and six year olds.  I was happy to find out that my second graders were a lot like my k's, just a little bigger!  They still like you at the end of the day, ...