In a little less than 48 hours, I'll be off to my first conference of the year.  I've had the opportunity to attend several summer t...

December is one of the times that class size inequalities really, really stinks. We are in the process of scheduling parent-teacher confer...

I send home progress reports at least once a month.  I teach in an inclusion classroom, which means there is  usually a special education te...

That { parent-teacher conference } I shared about yesterday? Not only did it go wonderfully, but the mom brought me hot chocolate: S...

Week one of summer and I'm already thinking about some small changes for next year. Overall, I'm really pleased with how year six...

My oh my, it's been a busy few days. We've had parent-teacher conferences, which means I had a lot of prep work.  I like to be sup...

I'm always looking for ways to make teaching just a little bit easier.  Some of the grand ideas on pinterest seem wonderful but when I s...

When I dismissed my kiddos on Friday, I had a parent waiting by the door wanting to chat.  This wasn't a scheduled meeting, but the look...

I set up my Aimsweb progress monitoring schedule this weekend and oh man, is it overwhelming.  I have the high kids so most need to be prog...