My funniest Christmas story happened when my boys were about 5 and 6 years old. It was Christmas Eve, and I was putting the boys to bed when, as we were saying our prayers, we heard heavy footsteps on the roof! My youngest son immediately pulled the covers over his head and exclaimed &q…
It's h oliday time and you know what that means - students are restless and excited! What's a teacher to do to keep those rascals engaged? Tell teams of students that they're the next contestant on "Language Arts Smackdown"! ( simply substitute Language Arts…
Remember the teacher on Charlie Brown? She always sounded muffled and was perceived as boring by the kids (including me!). I know that sometimes, kids hear their teachers like that too so I try to capture my students' attention right away at the beginning of a lesson with a vid…
It was a regular old Thursday. You know the kind. The one that seems like every other day. No big deal. Until in walked the District ELA Coach AND the School Curriculum Coach - iPads in hand - totally unannounced . Gulp. This particular day I had planned to teach my stu…