Yesterday I wrote about thinking ahead to changes in procedures and routines you'd like to make for next year, and I gave a couple of ex...

Continuing on with the what you can do at the end of the year for the beginning of the year ideas... What Didn't Work This Year As ...

Wow! Check out what we have been able to do! Since I opened my FACS fundraiser, all of you have helped me to double my fundraising ...

Hi everyone! If you have donated and not yet received your bundle... did you donate anonymously? Some of you have chosen to remain anonymo...

AMAZING! Thanks to all of you wonderful FACS teachers who have donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, yesterday morning I hit ...

Social media is definitely like The Force - it contains enormous potential for good, but also has the Dark Side . As teachers we all know ho...

As promised, here is the special deal I alluded to earlier in the week! This deal includes: 24 weekly bell work sheets 39 skeleton not...

I do like using bell ringers - you know, those little writing prompts or activities at the beginning of class that get kids thinking about w...

For all of you who are feeling a little overwhelmed/anxious/stressed/unprepared/in need of a break from this end-of-the-break-period-of-time...

So by now you must have all seen something like this: It is that time, my friends - put on your game faces! I've received many re...

Over the summer I was trying to decide between student folders or binders ; I went with folders this past semester and really liked it. I al...

Not gonna lie, I am feeling like a rock star this weekend! For one, it was a GREAT first week of school, fun even! Two, my readers are defin...

If you're a fan of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," you know that the title of this post comes from Sally's big num...

Yet another Linky - unusual for me, I know, but I was planning a "Back to School Goals" post already before I saw this and it was ...

Looking at the "Back-to-School" supplies has raised a couple of questions for me. First, colored pencils. Now I understand why Cra...

As part of my at-home preparation, I have been making posters of classroom rules/procedures/etc. Here are the two that are finished, minus l...

My first class at my new school begins at 7:40am this coming Tuesday. My very first opportunity to work in my classroom will be 3pm-7pm this...

Well, fellow teachers, the end (or shall I say the beginning?) is near... time for Back to School! And before going any further, I just want...