Have you ever struggled with trying to get a Middle School student to read outside  of school?  If so, you know what I have struggled with f...

At the beginning of he school year we made "heart maps" that illustrated the things that were most important to us.  The kids were...

Last year I had my 8th graders use half of their vocabulary in sentences with context clues and the other half they had to draw pictures to...

 During the first week of school, the 7th grade participated in a variety of icebreaker activities to form cooperative relationships and ...

Good Times at the Race for Education!

We had to privilege of taking our 7th grade students to a low ropes course this fall to learn teamwork and trust skills!  It was one of t...

I have survived the first week of the school year and thus I deem it a success! I have so many wonderful students this year and I am lookin...