Growing up, I was this odd combination of a fine arts geek in a jock's body. I played football for two years, basketball for two years, ran track for a year, and generally kept myself in fairly good shape. The... Continue Reading →
On Monday, we had a professional development day that was just a little different. We did something very similar to this last year as well, and I'm hoping that we continue to do this in the future. For me, as... Continue Reading →
Saturday, Febuary 13, I finally had a chance to take part in the "largest" Edcamp in the country, #edcampIowa. There were five locations around the state where 500+ teacher took their Saturday to go and learn in an environment tailored... Continue Reading →
Don’t Quit Author Unknown When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,... Continue Reading →
Over at Two Writing Teachers, they do a tremendous job of talking about ideas. Strategies, ideas, examples, and just good old fashioned writing, all of it helping us (me) to become better as we teach writing with our students. In a... Continue Reading →
Edit because it's actually Tuesday, not Friday when I started writing this blog! 🙂 This basketball season has been a challenge for me, one of the most challenging I've had in the 15 years that I've coached! I've coached 5th... Continue Reading →
Parent teacher conference week always offers up some good thoughts for blog topics, so thank you for bearing with another blog. It seems that so many times topic are lightening bolts that are there and gone in a flash. Conferences... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, it just takes that. Today, we had an IEP meeting for a student, and afterwards, the special education teacher said that about what was happening in the our reading classroom he gets to be in with a number of... Continue Reading →
