Day Two With no duty to be had and the kinks from yesterday all worked out, the morning ran much smoother. We started our day with ...

One week in to summer break, I can take a breath and relax. The last few days of school were an emotional whirlwind. This school year has ...

The end of fifth grade is a special time.  For my students, it marks the end of their elementary school career.  The end of recess.  The end...

I blogged about wordle in the beginning of the year because I love using this (free) web 2.0 tool to make our accountable talk posters and...

Our classroom is a work in progress. Our word wall, for example, frequently gets new academic vocabulary words. The words are c...

This year I'm having my students keep track of their writing with portfolios. During the first week of school, I had them fill ou...

Survived the second day.  We still need to work on being respectful listeners and not taking half a dozen bathroom breaks but it's a de...

At 2:30 today, I let go a big sigh of relief. I did it, I survived my first day with students. I tried to explain my anxiety to oth...