Are your students as obsessed as mine with March Madness? Well, since my principal asked us to try to inspire our students to read more, I thought why not combine their love of the sport with books? I began by choosing the "Sweet Sixteen" book titles. Then, in clas…
There's a big sale a'comin' and since I enjoy a good sale as much as anybody, I'm joining Fifth in the Middle for... Which of my products saved the day, you ask? Well, I am not sure it completely "saved" the day, but it seems to have been just what someone …
Special thanks to Darlene Anne at ELA Buffet and Pamela at Desktop Learning Adventures for organizing this hop! So it was my first year back in public middle school after teaching 6 years in a private school. I was excited because I was going to teach students with Special Needs and…
There's lots to love this time of year, right? Well, I'll just keep it to these "fast five" things. :) I really love lesson-planning! I enjoy looking for (and/or making) prezis , videos, games, craftivities , foldables and on and on to see what I can do to ma…