A free app on the Common Core Standards! I’m so excited! My nerd is showing! (Discovered via @EduMajorProblem)
One of my kids drew this picture of me for me 😄 (Taken with Instagram at University of Sioux Falls)
The joys of being a teacher 👍 (Taken with Instagram at University of Sioux Falls)
This piece was inspired by a heated discussion I had with a man who believes that teachers have an easy job. Please feel free to share it with others if you agree with the message.
I used to be a molecular biologist. I spent my days culturing viruses. Sometimes,…
(Source: classroomcollective)
try reading your piece backwards, one sentence at a time. you are more prone to notice errors in your writing when you are reading each sentence independent from one another. when you read it forwards so many times, your mind inserts words where they should be but they aren’t necessarily there.
Over spring break I attended several theme parks. While there I started to take a look around and I began to notice a phenomenon that intrigued me, inspired me, and reminded me of what is important in our classrooms. All at once into my third park I realized that we, as educators, are missing the…