Less then a year ago my co-author Troy Hicks and I released our second book From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age. Since that time, I have been continuing […]
Professional Development Drought
*This blog post does not reflect the views of my school or anyone working within my school. Professional development (PD) should be the cornerstone for anyone looking to better themselves no matter […]
Fighting the Good Fight with Technology in the Classroom
Last Monday I had a chance to present and talk with teachers at our local writing project site; the Chippewa River Writing Project. There were many great sessions where I took a […]
Flipping Grammar
Last year, my principal approached our science teacher and myself to think about the idea of flipping some lessons in our classroom. Since we have the ability to do so we thought […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #2
I can’t write a short enough post to discuss every nugget of information I gained from the second day of the Digital Literacy SI. So, I will explain one idea that hit home […]
Digital Literacy Summer Institute Day #1
We were asked on Sunday at the Digital Literacy Summer Institute to watch Matt Harding’s video: Dancing to Connect to a Global Tribe and his This I Believe statement. If you haven’t […]
Just Hanging Out…and Learning
This week has been crazy to say the least. On the other hand, it has been phenomenal! Tuesday, my 2nd hour seventh grade class began an adventure I felt was worth taking. […]
Getting a Grasp on Good Readers and Writers
It has been busy the last few school days of school. I feel as if I am wasting time at certain moments, but I know what I am doing only paves the […]
Listening Skills and Article of the Week
7th GRADE As we continue our narrative unit in class, I added something new today with the 7th graders. I typically spend 2-3 days on a short story. I use our literature […]
Expanding Narrative Writing With Beliefs and Memoirs
Before I really get into my writing tonight, I wanted to write down what I do in my grade book. My school uses a program called Powerschool for our attendance and our […]
