Yes, I love Finding Nemo! My kids are of the age where "those" movies don't hold as much stock, but I love pulling that movie out and watching it. Great characters, awesome quotes (my youngest daughter still gives me "Fin! Noggen!... Continue Reading →
Hmmm, sounds to me like a Scooby-Doo epsoide where Scooby and Shaggy get in trouble again! 🙂 Actually, our class and a class from Wisconsin (taught by the amazing @marykreul) participated in our classes first Mystery Skype last Thursday. What... Continue Reading →
I have four cows. To many of you, you might think "ok, so what?" Cows are totally new to me. When I grew up, we lived on a 5 acre little place, and we had a petting zoo of... Continue Reading →
Nope, not one here! 🙂 Actually, my mind is wandering to next year. We have had great termoil here, with much trimming due to budget, and in all of it, our hallway continues to work hard. However, we've all... Continue Reading →
Fridays are always a tough day for me. We spend a whole week looking forward to today, wanting it to show up, willing each day to move through, then what? Friday. I just get the feeling Friday shows up with... Continue Reading →
As my students have taken their last MAP tests today, I look at their results and sigh. I've written before about time and so for, so I won't go into that, but today, it's just a kind almost sadness. I... Continue Reading →
My youngest daughter is a little athlete. She's 12 with a short, powerful build, and is a good runner, gymnasts, and is turning into a great swimmer. In April, she took part in the state gymnastics meet where they took the top... Continue Reading →
Yes, it's another blog post about testing! It's that time of the year where a young child's dreams turn to filling in bubbles, #2 pencils, and hearing the word "map" with no map in front of them. Now, I'm not... Continue Reading →
What do you need? How do you put that into context? Food? Wealth? Power? Friends? We all need certain things to survive, but after those basics are met, what next? First and foremost, I need to teach. One... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 