Mrs. Spangler in the Middle

2022 has been quite a year!  With so many long-term effects from the C-vid years, education has had to make some amazing twists and turns to keep up.   It can be fun to look back and see what has been important to teachers like us so, let's look back ! The top 3 most popular posts on this blo…

My school recently learned that it was selected to be a pilot school for the new state essay writing test.  It would be fine if we had known that from the beginning, but instead, we were told to focus on just the reading aspects as this was a new year for the new reading standards and reading tes…

As a teacher who works well with students who have special needs, I am often asked what ideas I have for making content accessible for struggling students. Essay writing is the most asked-about topic of them all.  I think students think of writing as complete and utter drudgery because they just …

There are many ways to run a classroom and in general, positive reinforcement systems work well for me.  I have written before about my ticket system that I have used for many years with great success. But this year was... different.  Now that we are on the other side of the pandemic, students a…