Good morning all, At the airport, waiting to load onto a plane and head to the SCOLT conference in Atlanta! To all my elementary, middle,
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You Matter
It’s easy to think, especially as an elementary language teacher, that your class doesn’t matter. TL;DR: It does.

On My Own, But Not Alone
One and a half weeks down The year has started and is in full swing. I am teaching all the kiddos again, K-8, and I
A Recalibration: Finding the Positive Hidden in the Negative
1000 Days 1000 days ago (1001, to be exact) I wrote a post about having fun in the classroom. I wrote another one (about 870 days

Graphic Organizers for Stories
Graphic Organizers are big in the education world, for good reason: They help students to visually organize their information. It gives them another way to

Mascots and Silly Characters
Well, the year is in full swing. Homework is assigned, assignments are being completed and collected, grades are going into the gradebook. All is going