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News Sites for Kids and Teens
With the introduction of Common Core, many teachers are trying to find ways to incorporate more nonfiction in their classroom. There are great classroom magazines like Time for Kids and many of the...
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Pumpkin Freebies for Grades 1-2
I teach at a very small school, which means we all pitch in when needed. Our first and second grade teacher had to go out of town suddenly for a death in the family, so I got to sub today for first...
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Making Writing an Authentic Habit in the Classroom
As an educator, I believe it is important to strive for authenticity in the classroom. Learning should have meaning and reflect what happens in the real world. Finding ways to apply skills to the...
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Dallas Blogger Meetup
Yesterday, I went to went to a blogger meetup here in Dallas. It was fun to meet some other bloggers in person. The blogging world and Teachers Pay Teachers (and probably Pinterest) have changed the...
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October Spelling and Vocabulary Menu - Freebie
When I loved up to 7th and 8th grade this year, I decided we would work through some SAT vocabulary words for our vocabulary this year. I found a book with SAT vocabulary words and divided the words...
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Getting Started with Socratic Circles
I am always looking for ways to build critical thinking in my classroom. One of the teaching strategies I wanted to try this year was socratic seminars or the socratic circle. I have used literature...
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What is blended learning?
Since I work in a blended learning environment, I thought it might be good to share some information on theories and models of blended learning.What is blended learning?Blended learning is essentially...
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Resources for Flipped Learning
Did you read my last post that summarized what blended learning was? If not, you should check it out. Well, one of the more common forms of blended learning is flipped learning. Many schools and...
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Fun Ideas for Spatial Reasoning
The last few weeks have been so busy as I know they are for everyone. Grad school, being a teacher, and Christmas makes for the most crazy month of the year.All teachers know that in the week or two...
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January Vocabulary and Spelling Choice Menu (Freebie)
Remember me? I used to blog.Well, I decided to enjoy my winter break. I'm not going to apologize for that. It was awesome. I slept a lot and watched way too much Netflix. I am looking forward to...
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Teaching Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Once a week I teach Speech and Debate. Last semester we focused on Speech. This semester I am going to introduce Debate. I was the president of my Debate team in High School. To this day, I still...
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New books to accompany Wonder by RJ Palacio
Have you read Wonder? Better yet, how could you not have read Wonder? It is such a great book with such a great message. Wonder has so much material in the story for great discussions with students....
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Is what you are teaching or assigning useful?
Have you ever stopped to evaluate if the tasks you are assigning your students are meaningful? Are they useful? It really is a good question.Often as teachers we spend so much time trying to cover a...
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You might be a Teacher and a Graduate Student If...
You might be a Teacher and a Graduate Student If...Source: PinterestYou can't remember the day of the week.Your alarm is an evil monster who hates you.You ask your students what day of the week it is...
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It's Monday. What are you reading? #imwayr 2/16/15
I got the flu for Valentine's Day. What did you get?I don't recommend the flu, but it did give me an excuse to alternate between sleeping, reading, and watching movies this weekend. Anyone else admit...
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Form for Checking and Reflection on Grades - Freebie
We all can dispute the value of grading and what to grade and how to grade and when to grade. At the end of the day though, most of us take grades and hand out report cards or progress reports on some...
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Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Curriculum CampThis past weekend I had the opportunity to present a paper I had written at a graduate student led conference at LSU called Curriculum Camp. I spoke on using dystopian literature with...
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Inside Recess is Evil
Don't you love winter? Long days of cold wetness with children stuck inside. Days of energy multiplying and patience dwindling. I believe inside recess is an evil invention made to torture teachers....
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Fun Activities to Review the Moon Phases
Well, I hope you are experiencing some warm weather where you are. The month of March was so incredibly busy for me it just flew by. This week I decided to go back and do some review activities in...
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Why We Need to Be Prepared in Order to Be Flexible in the Classroom
Did you have a good Monday? I had a good Monday. We always want to have good days, but it is even better when a Monday is a good day because...well, it is Monday.I am generally a very organized...
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