It is really starting to feel like we need a vacation. This is the time of year when I do not dare ask students the question, “Have you lost your minds?” because they are likely to respond, “Why, yes we have!” with a nod and a bemused smile. SERIOUSLY! Each class has it’s own rhythm.  Mine […]

I want to thank Larry Ferlazzo for putting up a post about his article on the last day of school, because I have lesson plans all the way out until our final three days, and it got me thinking about what I need to do. Larry provided a list of three approaches most teachers take […]

@whatedsaid Edna Sackson: My best tip for new year would be to focus on how students learn rather than how you teach. It changed things for me completely #elemchat I’ve held off doing a final “Week in Lab” post because I just couldn’t figure out how to put into words what had gone wrong this […]

What went well… VoiceThread VoiceThread has really become my go to for building background or schema with my students, and I think it’s about the easiest tool for doing this.  Others have derided VoiceThread as unaesthetic, but unless you are trained in Waldorf you would be hard pressed to come up with better looking K-W-L […]