Challenge Students with High-Level Vocabulary

This summer I wrote and published a children’s book. It is entitled The Yucky Ducky and it is a fun,… Read more Challenge Students with High-Level Vocabulary

The First Days – Establish Your Routines

The First Days is a series of blog posts aimed at new teachers, or teachers just looking for ideas or… Read more The First Days – Establish Your Routines

The First Days is a series of blog posts aimed at new teachers, or teachers just looking for ideas or… Read more The First Days – Effective Anchor Charts

The First Days is a series of blog posts aimed at new teachers, or teachers just looking for ideas or… Read more The First Days – Setting Up Google Folders

As this school year wound down, I found myself swamped packing things up. At my school, packing up is pretty… Read more Make Your Year End a New Beginning

This year I decided to really challenge myself and my students during our school’s Earth Week activities. I decided to… Read more No Tech Day

A few years ago I had the honor of delivering the keynote address at the CMS high school Career Day… Read more What John (Lennon) and John (My Dad) Taught Me

At the risk of being harshly judged by my colleagues – I fully admit that today I am showing a… Read more Movies in the Classroom – 5 Suggestions

First, coming up with punny headlines is tougher than you think. Next, I want to share an assessment tool I… Read more Plickers is very Applickable to Your Classroom

My wife, an elementary ELL teacher, just returned from a conference organized by the Washington Association for Bilingual Education. I… Read more Academic Language – Preparing Your Students for the Pros