High School Happenings

     I have been watching a fair amount of coverage lately on the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. A lot of discussion ha...

      Testing. State standardized testing came and took over our lives for the month of April. Sure, we had Spring Break that first week, b...

     Literacy is obviously my first love in the classroom, but if you have noticed.... there are other things we must impart to the children...

     I use quotes in my classroom. A lot. I use them to teach mini-lessons in my daily Social/Emotional groups at least once a week. We all ...

     I attended a Reading Conference two or three years ago in Perry, Georgia. My fellow teacher friend (read: teaching soulmate) and I eage...

One of my favorite things in the classroom is Reader's Notebooks. I have been doing them for several years, but here lately (at least i...