Not sure how I did it, but one school year, I convinced my principal to let me fill up over 500 water balloons, bring the kiddies out to the P.E....
It seems that some of the amazing things used by fictitious famous wizard, Harry Potter, are becoming a reality. Last year, an invisibility cloak...
Good manners are import all year~ but teachers can't spend every month teaching them. That's why National Children's Good Manners month (September)...
Leadership matters. Principals set the tone of a school and can inspire students and teachers alike to reach new heights. They are second only to...
Youve heard of glow-in-the-dark clothes~ toys~ maybe jewelry.How about glow-in-the-dark math?Thats right. Word problems that shine in fluorescent...
Leave it to the Wizards of Cupertino to upstage everyone in the tech industry with a new iPhone model that blows away anything on market or on the...
Implementation has begun! While I am excited to see what changes the CCSS will bring to both my teaching and my students' performance, I am...
Using the news for creative writing.A monarch butterfly migrating from North America to Mexico made an unexpected detour-to Great Britain. It is...
Chicago public school teachers have launched the first teacher strike in the city in 25 years. A CNN story (http://tinyurl.com/caql6th) reported that...
With the upcoming election~ I have developed a number of resources which you may find of value to use with your students. Add to the webquest on...
Whens the last time one of your students got to spray water intheir classmates faceand not go to the principals office?Well, they may have that...
Classroom organization can be a challenge, especially in the primary grades. As a primary teacher, I tend to accumulate a lot of stuff. I have always...
Already a hit with the education market, Apple’s iPad is poised to completely take it over, according to the analyst firm Needham & Company,...
Over the past year~ I have seen behavior management in classrooms take a turn away from the negative behaviors and focusing on the positive. School...
Teachers know that creating a genuine audience for students’ work dramatically increases their focus and motivation. Yet when student work goes...
With the upcoming election, I have developed materials which you may find of value to use with your students. The first resource is a webquest on the...
Do you want to know one of the biggest mistakes teachers make?Waitwaitwait for it.Thats it! They dont wait for the answer.The number one mistake...
Change is hard something that those in the education community may know better than most. Whether it is changing a school culture, a childs life...
Today was day 2 for my first graders. Today I introduced an anchor chart (formerly known as thinking maps). I prefer the term anchor charts because I...
Are your students bored? Then let them make a board. A game board that is.As a teacher of gifted students, I am always amazed at how my classes have...