We have had lots of excitement this past nine weeks. Our science kit for this period is Life Cycle of Butterflies. (Our district provi...

One of the first things I learned as a new elementary teacher is that you make a lesson plan and everything is great until the students sh...

Photo © thecrazysquirrel Creative Commons License Seventeen years ago I moved from Texas to Tennessee. I love living in Tennessee. One...

Every day I encounter various things that distract my students. Every day (or almost) I end up taking some of those things and putting them ...

School started back this week. After extreme cold and maintenance issues, we finally went back two days late - on Thursday. Kids were com...

I'm thinking of becoming a less connected educator. Blasphemy, I know. I have come to love social media. I enjoy discovering what Ma...

My classroom - drawn by one of my kids It is my fall break. I've been in school nine weeks. And what a time it's been. I though...

This week has been a rough one. A couple of days this week were very frustrating and not very productive. We've been through quite a...

I'm getting settled in my new school. When I came to the school, I was concerned about meeting the other teachers and making a good impr...

My old classroom, packing up  This has been quite a week. Packing up all my stuff at one school. Unpacking my stuff at another school an...

Sometimes the road is twisted and tangled. Do you like to read? I read a lot...and I love mysteries. I really enjoy when there's an...