Poetry I have nothing to say today. The class was awesome as usual. I did have a great dinner out with my wife. Now just watching all...

Finding a Voice My life is teaching. This is just a fact and a fact I love. Tonight as my wife drives home from our millionth basketball...

Basketball and Poetry These next 4 days are going to be wild with Basketball playoffs running late into each night and kids coming to...

Bad Moments are Vampires My goodness, today as a whole was great. I started the day with INDEPENDENT READING and conferencing. I love...

Take a Breath and then a Step. Tonight I took a second opportunity to sit back and listen and occasionally tweet into a chat about being...

Teachers I have had a ton of teachers in my life. My Dad is one, my wife is one and I have countless stories of teachers and their impact...

Saturday as a teacher I spent the morning getting ready to host my first Twitter chat. I am not going to use this post to advertise it...

Read Alouds are so fun, even in Junior High. My slice of life moment today is brought to you by the letter S for Scar Island by Dan...

A Morning Quote and Reminders My first Slice of Life entry comes with apprehension but excitement. I like to blog but this seems...

Introduction I get up every Saturday WAY before I have to. I have my workouts that need to be completed before I can move on with the...