Organization is key to any teacher’s sanity, regardless of grade taught, and especially as the year progresses. One thing they DON’T teach you in your certification program is what method of organization will work best for you. A) they don’t have time for it and B) every teacher […]
As far back as student teaching, my weakness was wrapping up my lessons. I felt like I always floundered with the “well we’ll stop there for today” line or asking a few wrap up/review questions and then that was it. I wasn’t doing the material justice, and I […]
One of my go-to projects is for my students to make a collage reflecting what they learned during a given unit. I probably assign them twice a semester. I love assigning collages for the following 3 main reasons. 1. Students practice research skills. This includes learning about reliable and accurate internet […]
I love bread and biscuits. I have been known to eat bread and olive oil with a sprinkle of salt for dinner and nothing else. The problem is I’m not motivated enough to make bread or biscuits on my own, and sometimes I’m too lazy (or don’t have […]
In the first few weeks of World History I’m not going to lie, there are some less than thrilling topics we have to cover which means I dread lesson planning those topics during the summer (which yes I’m trudging through right now). But in the midst of “blah” […]
It’s no secret that having open ones of communication with parents or guardians in high school is more than a little difficult. I always send a letter home to parents with students on the first day of school to open the lines of communication. I try to email […]
Well in honor of it being my 5 year wedding anniversary week, I thought it fitting that Traveling Tuesday be about our honeymoon. We went to a town in Germany called Garmisch-Partenkirchen. That was our home base for 12 days. We took a tour bringing us to Switzerland (most […]
I started something new this last school year to try to keep my students’ spelling and grammar mistakes to a minimum. Not so much typos, but straight up mistakes such as writing bear instead of bare. I started by including the list of my biggest pet peeves at the […]
What do you want to be when you grow up? EVERY kid is asked that question hundreds of times. Until I was in high school I would tell people I wanted to be a dolphin trainer. I have a probably unhealthy love (cough cough obsession cough cough) of […]
My students love a good history meme, and courtesy of the internet this one is perfect for 4th of July! The plan today is just a family bbq with hot dogs, chips, bbq chicken, and potato salad. However you plan to celebrate (wearing patriotic colors, watching fireworks, binge […]
