Since I am all about finding outlets for new ideas and trying new ways of doing things,  I love this linky party.  I am very excited to link...

With only two months left of school, I am trying to narrow down what I want I feel is most important to still cover.  There are always so ma...

In the last five years,  I have tried many classroom management systems.  I have tried sticker charts where they purchase items from a class...

Hopefully, I am not the only one who did not know until the last minute that Google Reader was put to death. I was unprepared for this. I ...

One of the things I love most about teaching is the way kids surprise you.  They surprise you with their honesty, their clarity, and their o...

I have decided I want my students to start essentially having a poem of the week that we will analyze, and they will use for writing inspira...

I have too many ideas.  It is both my strength and my weakness.This is why I started a blog called The Idea Backpack.  This is my outlet f...