This week, my 7th grade English classes started reading the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. We started with some background discussions and research on Jim Crow Laws and Brown vs. Board of Education. We looked at the Great Depression and unemployment at the time. After we had an idea of the ... READ the POST
Sneak Peek to Our New Family Picture
When I shared our story behind our logo picture, people said they wanted to see the updated pictures when we got them. Well, this Saturday we got our family pictures done again by the fabulous Karey Michelle Photography. The location of our shoot was the Northwest Open Space in San Juan ... READ the POST
The Story Behind Our Logo Picture
We are linking up to Art with Jenny K. for this blog post and letting you know the story behind our logo picture. When we were preparing for last year's TpT conference we started to think that maybe we should get business cards. We realized that we did not think about branding or anything like ... READ the POST
Walking in A Line: How to Stay Sane While Your Students Are in Line…
As I returned to occasionally subbing and volunteering in Miss Responsible's (our oldest) first grade classroom, I've been reminded of classroom management strategies that I used and just some quirks I have as a teacher. During the first week or two of school, I taught my first and ... READ the POST
These Are A Few of My Favorite Things Linky
Just a quick linky party with The Teaching Trio to share three of my favorite things. Sign Language We try to teach American Sign Language to our babies. There are some signs that are adjusted like, for dog, we just pat our leg instead of pat and snap. It is so fun when they start ... READ the POST
13 Rules for Effective Communication in the Classroom #11 – Withdrawing and Isolating
Withdrawing or isolating from your students can be as harmful as outbursts of anger. These behaviors can create powerful experiences of abandonment and rejection in people, and in a classroom, they can create a wall between the students and the learning. If we’re so out of control or ... READ the POST
Audiobook Reading
Ever find it hard to carve out time to read? Have a stack of books on your end table? A whole shelf of unread books? Me too. Three years ago, though, I discovered the audiobook. I always knew they existed, but people are often saying that audiobooks aren't really reading. Without going into a rant ... READ the POST
Coming Out on TpT
Are you a closet TpTer? Do people at your school know that you create and sell teaching resources on the best teaching site the Internet has to offer? Are they happy for you? Does it cause problems? I saw a teacher's recent post in the TeachersPayTeachers forums that was sharing her ... READ the POST
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