I honestly think one of the most important qualities of a teacher is the willingness to also be a learner. To keep up with changes in kids, society, education, and to increase your mastery in your content area (or to add mastery of a new one), you really […]
Let’s be real, not every teacher loves every part of the content area they teach, at least not that I’ve seen, and certainly not me. So then the question is, how do you put on the excited face for a topic you’re less than thrilled about and keep […]
Two places I will never get tired of visiting in London is the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. I don’t know if I can even express why I love them so much. Aside from my love of the historical Tudors, I think the history the Tower of London has seen […]
Both my students and I look forward to pamphlet projects. I love that they can get creative and they love not writing essays. First and foremost, students have to be concise in pamphlets. They only have so much space in which to present their information, and depending on […]
Why is it that when I come up with one teaching idea that I’m soooo excited about I come up with 4 others at the same time!? Then I ping pong back and forth working on them and even though I love them and am excited about them […]
I figured it was high time I give a little behind the logo information to you guys. So here’s the first 10 things I thought of for a “who am I” type post (while still keeping some of it history related). 1. I’m not an outdoorsy-naturey kind of […]
Pinterest came through yet again for me with a successful review technique! I saw a pin about 5 ways to make vocabulary more fun for students. It was a blog post by Kirsten Tulsian and you can read it HERE. “Guess My Word” was my favorite method she […]
Sometimes when a student asks a question you groan inside because it’s so off topic (even if it’s a good question) because you just don’t have time to go into it at that moment. Sometimes a question is related to the material but you just have so much […]
On Tuesday my kids worked with maps for the first time with me. Map work is an integral part of this particular curriculum. In fact, the parents want the kids to be able to create a detailed map of the world from scratch by the end of the year (every country, […]
I’m a week into my job teaching with the home school co-op and I discovered (not really to my surprise) that I have a LOT to learn about working with middle school kids (especially since my classes are a combination of 5th-8th grade). I knew that it would be a […]
