I hope you gained as many ideas and incredible tips for developing and implementing writing as I did from last month’s link-up! Hopefully by the time we have to go back to school, you’ll have a ton of plans in your back pocket ready to break out and use with your students. Last month I discussed how I introduced the…
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Each year I pass out a student interest survey during the first couple days of school. I try to glance over each of them, only to be interrupted by– 1- my own ADD brain- oops, I forgot I’m supposed to be at a meeting or was supposed to turn in these student forms (one of the thousands we were supposed…
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Have you checked out the Educents Back-to-School Giveaways yet? Now through August, don’t miss your chance to enter to win over $15,000 in prizes like talking stuffed animals, full-year curricula for all ages, a $250 shopping spree and MORE! Here are a few I’m hoping to win: The mCookie 101 Basic Kit from Microduino ($99 value!) -Microduino a known player…
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This year our school district began using Google Apps for Education. Although I was familiar with Google Drive and how amazing it was, I had no idea that Google Classroom could be just as amazing! I’ve really became a little (ok, extremely) obsessed!!! So that other educators can share in my obsession, I decided to do a post about why…
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How do you approach summer learning? How do you balance on and off screen time and keep abreast of technological and other learning? I know my kids spend (or try to) a great deal of time on electronics during the summer. I found this list of websites from Educents invaluable at finding great educational websites, apps, etc. that fit all…
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It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for Winner Wednesday again, hosted by Jennifer from A Dab of Glue Will Do and Sara from Sara J Creations! I always look forward to this, because it gives me an opportunity to link up with several awesome teacher-authors who are also sharing info about one of their amazing…
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What are your plans this 4th of July? What has 4th of July meant for you in your family? Did you talk about American history? Focus on BBQ? Fireworks? Holidays are a time for family and friends to congregate, and 4th of July is one of the more relaxed summer holidays. Who doesn’t love great weather and something yummy from…
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Since writing is such a huge part of the Common Core Standards, I’ve decided to start doing a blog post on the last Wednesday of the month, called Writing Wednesday. On the last Wednesday of the month throughout the summer, I plan to share some strategies I use with my middle school students and would love to hear what you…
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I am super excited to have been asked to review the book, The Kingdom of Oceana, by Mitchell Charles. This is a great book for approx. grades 5-10, and is the first in a new young adult fantasy series. See the synopsis from the publicist below: The Kingdom of Oceana, by Mitchell Charles, is recommended for ages 9-15. At it’s core,…
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I am super excited that I have hit 500 followers on Teachers Pay Teachers! This couldn’t have happened without all of you, and I can’t tell you how grateful I am. When I started creating products for TPT, my goal was to come up with activities and lessons that would make other teachers’ lives easier in the classroom. Hopefully I…
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Although I’m so glad summer is finally here, I must say that this year was a great one! This year I definitely had some challenging students, many of which struggled a great deal. I had been forewarned that this was the case, so I immediately began looking for strategies that would keep these kids engaged and on task. This is…
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I’m super excited to be participating w/ the members of my other blog, the Middle School Mob, in throwing a 20% off sale this Sunday ONLY! Each of the “mobsters” chose 10 items to put on sale, and will be using the hashtag #msmsale in these 10 product descriptions. To see the items that are for sale, simply type #msmsale…
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