As a high school teacher I never had parent teacher conferences. I was never remotely jealous of my elementary school teacher friends that did have them. Yes of course I communicated with parents (about both the positive and negative with their child) but I never had the multi-hour […]
Well there was a huge learning curve for me this semester but I feel like I’ve kept my head above water. I feel like I have a good grasp on what type of work challenges my kids, what is a good match for them, and what is an […]
This is our last week before Thanksgiving Break so I figured I’d try something new with my students. One of the really nice things about this home school setting is that I more or less have a lot of liberty in choosing (experimenting really) with the activities the […]
Especially for secondary teachers, the decision to make their first purchase on Teachers Pay Teacher can a difficult one. It is essentially expected, an unwritten rule if you will, that secondary teachers should make their own resources and curriculum supplements. Well, here are 33 reasons (including one by me) […]
Well round 2 of lapbooking was a (mostly) huge success and we will for sure be using them in Music Theory next week! This time around I had 20 explorers for the kids to choose from (no duplicates) and they made a lapbook about their explorer’s life/times/accomplishments/failures/etc. They […]
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 […]
