Teaching Redefined

  This school year many teachers will find themselves using video lessons for the first time. Some will be teaching entirely online, while o...

I love  getting to see other teachers' classrooms. Almost  as much - I love to see their schedules. It's amazing to me how differ...

It seems like every year in the spring, I still have kids asking me where things are in the classroom. How can they not know where the trash...

I am so happy with how my room looks this year! I am still putting the finishing touches on. (Meet the Teacher night is this Thursday and th...

I've been on a bit of a personal development journey lately. Last January, I read the book Miracle Morning  by Hal Elrod and it was real...

This summer when I was looking for back to school ideas, I came across this blog from Two Nutty Teachers on the 8 kinds of smart . I loved...

Saving Fred is one of my favorite activities for the first week of school. You can find tons of ideas online (especially Pinterest) of how d...

This year my campus is 1:1 with iPads. That means that every student in grades K-5 got their own iPad. For this first year of implementation...

Whew! What a wonderful and exhausting first week of school! I have the most amazing kiddos and I know that this will be an amazing school ye...

After a GREAT Meet the Teacher night, I'm ready to reveal my classroom! Here is the view from the back corner. The desks were all set...

I don't know about you, but I can get pretty overwhelmed by all the amazing teaching ideas out there. I LOVE learning about new strategi...