My husband learned to hate school early on, and it’s a shame because he was accepted into Harvard to pursue graduate studies, but he turned down the opportunity. Hearing this as a teacher, I was appalled. Every morning he asks me, “So, what are you teaching today?” When I tell him what our class is … Continue reading
“The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.” -Elizabeth Hardwick Professional educators, principals, school districts, and states are always addressing and revisiting the question, “How can we help … Continue reading
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss The importance of students being able to decode and write words is unmeasurable. The more patterns they learn to decode, the more they can read. The more they can read, the more … Continue reading
“The goal is to transform data into information, and information into insight.” -Carly Fiorni, President of Hewlett Packard 1999-2005 I am sure not every teacher gets excited when the month of MAP testing comes around. It takes some time out of everyday lessons, the room that we take our test in is warm, and the … Continue reading
“I want to put a ding in the universe” – Steve Jobbs Our world is continuously advancing. When I was little, I be bopped around my parents’ living room listening to Madonna on a record player. I was also my parents’ “remote control”. When my parents wanted to change the channel, my dad would say, … Continue reading
“Imagination is more important than knowledge” – Albert Einstein Our class is officially “done” with all of our math units. Our state assessments are four weeks away, and I have 52 eyes staring at me during math time waiting on some glorious lesson. What’s a girl to do? Review, that’s what! When reviewing math concepts … Continue reading
“God has given us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Why would God give us such a complex organ system unless he expects us to use it?” – Dr. Ben Carson I am blessed to work in a school that is full of professional educators. The kind that come to work … Continue reading
