Donate Now One of the coolest new things that I’ve been doing this year in my classroom is writer’s workshop. The kids get to work at their own pace on a piece of writing, and I give mini-lessons on things they should consider while writing. It’s great. For the first round, we are writing personal…

Donate Now People around here are saying we are in the midst of an Indian Summer. (Which, according to Wikipedia, is technically incorrect, but nevertheless, it’s been very hot.) Combine that heat with picture day on Friday, and you get some crazy behavior. I went out to the yard to pick up my kids after…

I took last Friday off to go to Chicago to visit my grandmother, who had a stroke. (Believe me, we are far from the bliss of mental health days just yet.) I spent a long time on Thursday afternoon getting a lot of things ready for the sub. I was worried, since having a sub…

The absolute worst thing about my job, by far, is battling the copy machine. It is my arch-nemesis. I will someday evolve teacher super powers to defeat it. For now, I am left to do the job of a mere mortal. This morning was no exception. I had all my copies ready for the entire…