{one} Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of ya’ll! It’s a miracle I didn’t gain 25 pounds this week from all of the luncheons, baked goods and sweets that were everywhere I turned. How generous the families and teachers at…
On Tuesday we had an awesome professional development seminar in our building that focused on vocabulary instruction. One strategy that I couldn’t wait to try with my second graders was List Group Label. A strategy from Reading Rockets, it’s a…
Last night I saw somebody tweeted: “The best way to get students to not act like the school year is over is by having teachers not act like the school year is over.” Guilty. as. charged. Well, sort of. I…
The day we decided to move in was a day of celebration and victory. We had found an apartment in the city. A real, three bedroom, beautiful old apartment. An apartment with a driveway! A backyard! A dishwasher! Fresh out…
