Given to me by a student this morning: Heh.

We started our photography unit last week.  Today we took some photos, and this one made my heart smile. Thank you to fellow caped bl...

Do not fear!  This is the good kind of wreckage!  I promised you, way back in the olden days of yore, that I would share more from the Wreck...

We are making our Second Annual End-of-the-Year Classroom Quilt (I see it needs a new name). I am unable to include photos because each stu...

The Scene: A classroom of middle school trouble-makers working on computers.  All is quiet (Really!  It was!  It was freetime so they were p...

As I sit here watching these little turkey-butts take their state-mandated tests, I am reflecting on the various issues that have brought t...

School starts back up on Monday.  How does a caped teacher go back to the grind after two lovely weeks off?  What's that quote about fak...

For Spirit Day yesterday, I used a project inspired by the book Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold . In this story a girl imagines she is flyi...

Earlier this year our little program was in the depths of student misbehavior. A couple of strong role models were pretty much running the...

Teachers are like camels.  We can hold our water all day if we need to.   It is quite a hassle to orchestrate a trip to the ladies room, so ...

I've read, reviewed, and discussed a wide variety of books and curricula on community building, the teaching of pro-social skills in at-...

We are reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.  In it, Miss Franny Block tells the story of Littmus W. Block, who create...