Reader’s Workshop! Welcome to my first post in a 5-part series A Peek Inside My Classroom! During these posts, I will dissect my classroom and detail each part to share what has worked well in our room. Part 1: Reader’s Workshop Time Part 2: Classroom Organization Part 3: Routines Routines Routines! Part 4: Classroom Economy […]
Soak It In
When I was in high school I worked at an old fashioned General Store. Today I recalled something a regular customer discussed with me. An older man, in his seventies, was talking about his regrets in life. Some were small, (jobs,friends) others were large( health,time with family), but […]
Balancing Teaching and Motherhood: The TeacherMom Struggle
Balancing Teaching and Motherhood Teacher vs. Mom Which came first, the teacher or the mom? In my case, the teacher. After one misguided career choice, re-entry into college and a mountain of debt graduate degree later, the long-suppressed teacher inside me was finally free. I can go on and on about those first years and the […]