I am a former parent of two gifted children. I am an endorsed teacher of the gifted and I am now on a committee to develop a scope and sequence for the gifted in our district. None of the other teachers on the committee have a gifted endorsement but some Read More...

I am trying to teach my students HOW to study. They haven't got a clue. They think if they write down my notes, (this is 4th grade) then they can put them in their desks and they are done. They have studied because they wrote down their notes. I explained Read More...

And I am assuming it might be payday. How about Happy Hour? It matters NOT to me since it is Friday and we have Monday off for MLK. OH Yeah, I am celebrating MLK all right, with a glass of wine, dinner and a fabulous movie. Read More...

I have a WONDERFUL boy in my class who loves nothing more that to disrupt my class. He screams and shouts at me and the students and cries and throws temper tantrums. I have learned to ignore him as best I can watching for his safety. Today, when he couldn't Read More...

My class came back from winter break ready to play with their friends and have a good time. It has taken me an entire week to get them under control again. They have been running in the halls, yelling down the halls, talking during announcements, talking Read More...

I had a difference of opinion with a teacher this week. Nothing big. It happened before Reading intervention. I was involved with my class and lost track of time. So, I let them out one minute late. (I promise you, it was only one minute.) Another teacher Read More...

I spent my Christmas break in the frozen wastelands of Nebraska! It was ZERO! a couple of days. It was a white Christmas though. I loved it most of the time. My sister bought me a smoking hat. It is one of those hats like they wore in Fargo. It really Read More...