Can I just say I love the idea of teaching students to "wear a reader's clothes?" Freaking. Love. It. In our current Common-Core-standards-frenzied-insane-accountability times, it is very easy for us to lose our way and over-emphasize the teaching of skills, skills and more skills. Let me tell...
Read MoreIf I could propose a buzzword du jour, I think it would be "balance."I suck at balance. I think I suck at balance because I have the chronic problem of trying to balance too many things at once. Which, now that I think about it,...
Read MoreA few people commented on my First Year Tales of Woe yesterday and mentioned preps. Ah, preps. Just the thought of them sends me into an emotional tizzy. If tizzy is even a word that is - Big Mama Mimi uses it, so I figure...
Read MoreSo, I know I've been linking to tons of articles lately and I promise to get back to the usual hilarity of the classroom, but just too much has been going on. My little brain is on fire and my eyes are bleeding from...
Read MoreAlternative title for this post - When Are We Going To Stop Shafting the Good Stuff?Yesterday I gave some ideas (Okay, I gave THE idea that will change your LIFE.) about how to organize all the crap we teachers feel the need to shlep home...
Read MoreSeriously. Teachers deserve some serious props for what they are able to get done during the day. (Chorus of "Amens", "You go on, girl!" "Tell it to them sister!" in the background here.)The other day, I went to visit my girlfriend...
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