Photo by Ekaterina Kartushina on Unsplash I’ve appreciated the letters and emails with updates and...
I don't make New Year's Resolutions. But I typically ponder the highlights of the past year and consider new...
Riley was lying across his desk today, on top of his teddy bear, with his head and feet completely off the...
February school days are their own kind of special. The holiday excitement has worn off, the days are still...
It’s summer vacation! Yay! Let’s sleep in till noon, watch videos, and hang out on the living room couch. Or...
Last year, I was introduced to the book Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation...
Photo by Erika Fletcher on Unsplash When four- and five-year-old children think about school, what do they...
I used to live near a hardware store that employed a man I’ll call Tom. Tom seemed to be in a foul mood every...
In the black of before-six one morning, I woke riveted by a thought. I grew up in a culture of gratitude. At...
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash “I’m thankful for vultures!” We were making a list of things we were...
Several weeks before the end of school I entered a fierce battle, and I was losing. Nights found me lying...
I just read a devotional titled “Feeling Underappreciated?” There are times I feel like I don’t matter, or...
Correctly citing sources is often one of the least-understood parts of writing a research paper. This article...
Photo by Tanya Gorelova from Pexels RAD, ODD, FAS are letters that may be attached to students in some of our...
Giving Caleb handed me a tiny scrap as he walked past. I wondered why he was giving me this trash. He...
There’s Johnny again, browsing through Chapter 14 during your class discussion of Chapter 9. He is not...
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Bop! “I need an attitude adjustment,” Loren announced, as he hit himself...
Looking for a fun activity to stretch your students’ imaginations? In search of an easy substitute for your...
A first-grade teacher in a classroom somewhere in the world is approaching the middle of February. Her...
Photo by Ben Mullins on Unsplash How much time do your students spend writing in an average week? And I don’t...
