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 – 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 – 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

I just finished a long unit and wondered if there was a more engaging way to assess student understanding. With… Read more Cool Hollywood Musical Project

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