Quick Thoughts
"8th Graders, At this time tomorrow, we'll be done with the first day of the last semester of your middle school career!"33 days ago"Happy to say I was able to get 18 novels and graphic novels for $89 for my classroom today. I picked them from the ALA YA lit lists."126 days ago"At CFISD middle school language arts share session. Teachers are so creative! It *is* difficult to make LA kinesthetic."145 days ago
Tag Archives: idea
SO: = subject only
I’ve seen EOM appended to the subject of an email to signify that there is no body text. The “EOM” is the end of the message. I’d like to introduce SO: as a prefix of email messages to signify that … Continue reading
Teaching What’s Critical
We’ve been given standards to teach, and the “critical” ones are the ones that are assessed state-wide. There are more things that are critical to students’ success than these “critical standards” — a love of learning is one of them. … Continue reading
Crumbs of my Philosophy of Education
These are small parts of my overall philosophy of education. Very disorganized, not secret, and need a place for me to refer back to them. My top classroom rule (stated positively) is: Always Allow Learning. (negatively: Don’t interrupt/prevent learning) Permutations … Continue reading
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