Well friends, this is it - school resumes tomorrow. 1st hour starts at 7:40am. Are you ready? I spent a couple of hours this afternoon com...

So I finally got around to opening all of the packages which contain the textbooks I'll need for my next grad school class, which begins...

It's been a while since I've posted, but with the new year I'm getting back into the swing of things. Here's a "Current...

When you work in a school, there are definitely a lot of people who deserve your appreciation. So at Thanksgiving I like to prepare a treat ...

Having taught Interior Design/Housing for a few years before moving to junior high, I've always been on the lookout for good projects fo...

I have to say, Smart Boards rock! Last year I had a projector for the first time ever, which was a game changer, and about a month ago I rec...

Successful new lesson today, so I'm sharing. We're learning about toddlers, and their assignment was to create a "visual" ...

Whew, things have been so busy! As is always the case with us teachers, I know. I've been logging many a Saturday hour trying to get my ...

I tried a new lesson this week that went very well, so I thought I'd share. The topic this week was communication, and on the day in que...

Yesterday was my first to begin going through cabinets and such in my classroom, in the hopes of gaining some sort of feeling of belonging. ...