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Incredible Things
There is one big reason to work in a school. Incredible things. You are surrounded with kids. Kids who haven’t lost their creative filters. Who still dream big, explore on a tangent, and push your...
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Remembering
I’ve taught lots of stuff over the years. But, when I look back, I can’t really remember any of it. It’s really a series of lessons tied together with the pages of a planbook, and scribbled in my...
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When You Have Nothing To Blog About
I think those times when you think you have nothing to blog about, are the times that you most need to blog. Many people say, “I’d like to start a blog, but I don’t know what to write.” Well, just...
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More Than Numbers
You could be a master of teaching strategies. So organized you can find a pen, every time. Never miss a day of school. Have a beefy lesson plan book that’s filled up and fully differentiated. You...
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Seven YouTube Channels Your Students Will Love
YouTube. The home of hilarious cat videos, funny videos of babies dancing, and so much more. It’s blocked in most schools. But, it’s filled with learning potential. No, I don’t believe kids should...
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Make Things Interesting
I once surveyed my class to see what they wanted in a classroom, from a school, and in a teacher. One comment struck me: “I like when teachers make things interesting.” All I could think of was, do we...
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Foundations
If you could give your students one last message, what would you say? What is it that you want to make sure they have learned in your classroom? I came across this quote by Henry David Thoreau, “If...
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What Powers Your Classroom?
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week. Somedays, it’s the very small things that get us through. Diet Coke. Chocolate. Coffee. The laughter of our kids. Share these with a teacher you love… and let them...
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Sometimes Learning Takes Us Places
This past week I said goodbye to another group of kids who will move on to the Junior High. Leaving behind elementary school, our classroom , and lots of memories. This year’s performance was great....
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Tools For An Awesome Future
The train’s pulling in to the station. The coaster is reaching the bottom of the hill. The golf ball is rolling across the green about to sink into the hole. Yep. The year is coming to a close. This...
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Blending It All Together
I don’t remember what my classroom was like before I went off the deep end for Project Based Learning, infusing inquiry, and STEM. I’ll bet my students don’t remember much about it either. I used to...
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No Boundaries To Learning
Do you ever stop and think about the possibilities? Today we had a special guest read us a book LIVE all the way from Massachusetts while we were here, listening and watching, in our little classroom...
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Why Gifted Education Is Relevant
This isn’t really one of those posts I thought I’d have to write. I mean, gifted education has always been relevant to me. Not just as a teacher, but as a kid who sat in a classroom in elementary...
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Work That Matters
Is their work going home at the bottom of a backpack, under yesterday’s yogurt? Or are they telling people about their work? Interacting with the world because people around the world are commenting on...
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What’s On Your Card?
What’s on your business card? Does it say “Teacher” or does it say more? Inspires curiosity. Cultivates dreams. Supports kids. Dreams big. Loves to learn. Lives to learn. Engagement specialist....
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Then, I Walked Out
Today I walked out of my school. For the last time. A school that I grew up in, a school that I have enjoyed teaching in for the past ten years. A school that is not only where the people I love are,...
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Share Your Story
There are lots of reasons people blog. Me? I blog to learn, think, reflect, share, and sort through thoughts that roll around inside my mind. Yes, sometimes those thoughts just come out as a poster....
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