Once the craziness of Valentine's Day ends, I get the itch to look ahead towards spring, and one thing I love to do is pull out some of ...

During the week of Thanksgiving last year, my third graders did some opinion writing that was centered around the question: Should turkey b...

A few months ago I came across this image on Pinterest, and I completely misinterpreted its purpose: Photo by Marshall Astor via www....

Growing up, I attended a church built in 1868. Yes, I said eighteen- 68. On the second floor, behind the sanctuary, was a library. I can ...

I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here and say my classroom is stylish.  To me, at least. I've got a rustic, antique...

You are in for a treat! Many of the Who's Who authors have teamed up for a special blog hop. It's a "Work Together Weekend...

The first day of school is full of so many things: anticipation, wide-eyes, school supplies, new faces, maybe a few butterflies. And I...

My classroom has two ginormous whiteboards that cover the length of two of my walls. It's a lot of whiteboard space. More than I need, r...

A student walks up with with his finished math test and hands it to me. I glance at the clock. I think, Hmm, 10 minutes ago I gave you this...