What is your Compass? -Best Practice and We are doing what is best for students? Is it really and are we really? Who do we listen to when...

Story Time A few weeks ago a coworker and I were discussing how much cooler it was watching my students work on their "choice" projects...

Books should represent different points of view- We have all heard the "books should be mirrors or windows. Representing ourselves or the...

You can't light yourself on fire to keep others warm I blogged a while ago about a great session where the speaker (Dr.Jody Carrington)...

Inspired by Seinfeld Funny how inspiration can come from the most interesting of places. Yesterday, like many days, I was reading posts...

Home Bike rides to the playground, tackle football in the field after school, catching frogs at the lake and night games when we were...

Choice- I thought I was giving students plenty of choice in their writing I was supplying a framework to operate within and they got to...

Technology use This week we had a great presentation on cellphone/screen time. It was directed at the students but the message was very...

Picture Book Month Well it is that time again. Picture Book month has arrived. Each day I plan to use a picture book to model lessons,...