Letters of Gratitude to End the Year
The final assignment that I have my students do every year is a letter of gratitude. I ask them to write a letter to any staff member at our school;…
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Letters of Gratitude to End the Year
End of the World Stories for the End of the Year
Since the end of the school year is fast approaching and the students don’t have their computers anymore, we went old school this week and hand-wrote stories. To keep the…
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End of the World Stories for the End of the Year
“Surviving Ms. D’s Class” End of the Year Brochure Projects
Since the end of the school year is upon us and we have finished state testing, the students are starting to get a little restless. To keep them from jumping…
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“Surviving Ms. D’s Class” End of the Year Brochure Projects
“Dream Vacation” End of the Year Project
Since the end of the school year is upon us and we have finished state testing, the students are starting to get a little restless. To keep them from jumping…
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“Dream Vacation” End of the Year Project
I Can’t Imagine Life Without…
The first couple weeks of school are pretty tricky. There is a plethora of information that needs to be conveyed to the students, and a whole bunch of kids that…
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I Can’t Imagine Life Without…
Sweet, sweet memories continued…
So, continuing on looking back at my memories from teaching in Virginia, we pick up about a month into my brand new teaching job at an inner city school. This…
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Sweet, sweet memories continued…
Sweet, sweet Memories
Since I have been out of the classroom lately, I have had a lot of time to look back on some of my favorite memories from when I was teaching…
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Sweet, sweet Memories
Bulletin Boards Galore
In my classroom, my bulletin boards are a point of pride for me. I like clean cut, nicely put together boards with some color and some student involvement. I am…
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Bulletin Boards Galore
Does this make me a Pinterest teacher?
Every year before school starts I spend two or three weeks in the summer trying to figure out what my classroom is going to look like. What will I put…
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Does this make me a Pinterest teacher?