My house has been bustling with energy this week. With my wife starting a new job as a high school band director at a school only nine miles from our house, myself […]
New Teaching, New Attitude!
Today was the start of the 2011-2012 school year. Due to numerous cuts in our district, I went from just teaching 8th grade language arts to 7th and 8th grade language arts. […]
Motivational Fire
It wasn’t long ago I posted on Facebook how amazed I was about what motivates me as a person in the everyday things I do. Well, I am still amazed and often […]
Testing Cell phone use in the classroom.
This blog is being written from my cell phone as I try to find some way to assess a students journal writing by letting them use a cell phone. As some of […]
Heroes
It is my belief that kids today don’t know what a hero truly is or what that means. In my opinion, kids think a hero has to be some individual with these […]
Weathering the Storm
Last night CRWP had our Spring Showcase and I was asked to present my experiences with the writing project and how I have transformed my classroom since being a part of NWP […]
NWP – I Am A Writer!
I can’t begin to tell the importance of the NWP! As a matter of fact, words don’t do it justice, not to mention the many people who are a huge part of […]
