The first week of school is over and it has gone by extremely fast. Friday was nothing but a blur. I am very grateful we decided to change our homebase from 40 […]
Narrative Reading and Writing
After giving my 7th/8th graders a small grammar pre-test, I launched my first unit for the year. When examining the Common Core standards I decided to launch a narrative unit first. Generally […]
Not Enough Time: Digital Citizenship/Mobile Devices/Discussions
Day 2 of school had its bright spots and its challenges. We are fortunate enough to have a mobile lab with 30 Dell Laptops for our students to use. After finishing some […]
1st Day Reflections
As mentioned in my last blog, my goal is to write every day this year to reflect back on my experience. Perhaps some of what I write tonight should have been written […]
21st Century Classroom
The term 21st century classroom is utilized a lot now. Teachers and Schools alike are making steps towards a 21st century classroom. The steps may be small, (perhaps a crawl) or big; […]
CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #1
It is without a doubt a whole different world when you are talking to middle schoolers about writing when they actually care and want to be writing. All in all, the first […]
Writing Reflections
On Thursday of this past week I asked my 8th graders to reflect back on their writing they have done this year. Earlier in the week as I was developing my […]
