Our fourth graders sat riveted, as Purple Heart recipient, LyVell Gipson read the book, The Soldier and the Squirrel , by Micaela Bensko.  ...
We know; Spring is a CRAZY time of year with state testing, Open House, end of the  year activities!! A fabulous group of teachers got toge...
Watching your students take the lead in their learning is so exciting (& warms a teacher’s heart!!) In the last post, I talked about kid...
How to make students active participants in their own learning? How to empower students so they don’t feel like teachers “give” them their g...
My school became a leadership charter last year and we’ve been looking for ways to incorporate leadership skills throughout our curriculum...
I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t have the time to read ALL drafts of my 32 students for every writing assignment. It’s also a p...
Wow, this week flew by FAST!! But I'm recharged and ready to go back! Not really. . .  I'd been reading and hearing about other teac...