Today we started to write memoirs. While I'm glad to share the steps leading up to these very-first-inkling drafts, I'd rather just ...

Click here for an article I want you to read.  I also want to hear what you have to say about it.  If you haven't told me yet, or chatt...

Although a short week (for me), this week held very many things to think about, deal with, look up, figure out, wonder about, come to terms ...

In my college days a "mini-lesson" was defined to me as a part of a Writers Workshop as follows: Mini-Lesson The mini-lesson ...

It is the first weekend after the first two days of school. This caped teacher has been trying to mix in some good downtime, some quilting t...

Subject line of an email I received this week: Last Chance to register for Gang Violence Have decided not to register for this profes...

Here it is, the first official Teacher Work Day of the 2010-2011 school year.  Two days until the kidlets come stompin' in the door.  Ho...

I sat here, thinking it was time to write summat inspiring*.  I Googled it: I sifted through the quotes and the cartoons and the jok...

I have learned many lessons from my Pops.  I hear myself sounding like him on a daily basis in my classroom.  This morning, though, I remem...

Is it wrong to have all of these thoughts in one day? "These kids are the cutest things." "These kids need to learn ...

This story on NPR caught my attention today and made my heart a little wobbly.  I've included the link to the story I heard, though the...

April 4, 2010 I am wondering if this blog appears a little... shall we say... cocky.  After all, I am calling myself a superhero on a ...

When she was told her daughter had been acting disrespectfully in school, being sassy, and not following the agreements we had made at conf...