This week has been a blast and it all started with a workshop that I gave in San Antonio, Texas for a group of 80 middle school teachers in all content areas from Math and Science to Woodworking and Nutrition. Yep! Everyone was there. I walked in and was amazed
Many of you know I have gone to several conferences and presented here and there but I have NEVER had the opportunity to be an exhibitor. When Michele Luck of Michele Luck’s Social Studies asked me to help her in my home state of Texas you better bet I was
This past weekend while preparing for my latest Interact with Me and Engage Me workshop in San Antonio, Texas I was chatting with my blogging buddies Jamie and Meg about a way to get the teachers back in the mindset of learning as it as the first day back from
Hello Bloggy Readers, TWELVE middle school bloggers have gotten together to share with you their favorite Pinterest boards geared towards 6th-8th grade teachers. We hope you enjoy this variety of ideas. Be sure to check out our other Pinterest boards while you are there. Happy Pinning! Kristy from 2 Peas
It’s the first Wednesday of January AND January 1st which means it’s time for our linky – Math IS Real Life and time to wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! If you joined in on our Countdown to 2014 Giveaway, stick around, we’ll be displaying the winner at the end
Thanks for joining me again on Day 2 of the Countdown to 2014 Giveaway! You have just as many opportunities today to enter to win the $25 Gift Certificate. First of all, EVERYONE has a chance to win a $25 Gift Card from your choice of Teachers Pay Teachers, Amazon
Can you believe that we are on the road to a NEW YEAR? Wasn’t it just January 2013? There have been so many things that have happened this year and it has definitely been an amazing one for me. With all that said, are you ready to start the year
Almost a year ago I posted about Fraction Operations on my classroom blog and offered a FREEBIE flippable that I used with my students to review Fraction Operations. I hope that you can get some use out of this Flippable as well. Another day, another trip! Today’s trip was down
I love receiving pictures of Flippables that you create in your classroom with my Flippable Template Pack. Recently I received the following photos and I think they are just fabulous! And look how fabulous the inside is… And it didn’t stop there… She created another flippable for the Properties of
As educators, we remember and honor our fallen colleagues and their students from Sandy Hook School. We honor them each day in our classrooms in which we continue their dream of teaching our children. We honor their memory with our service. Join with teachers everywhere in committing random acts of
After receiving several questions lately on how I fit Interactive Notebooks into a classroom on a regular basis, I thought it would be good to repost this. I posted this back on June 15th, 2013 at All Things Upper Elementary. ************* Last month I brought up planning as what
This year I am TOTALLY into the Christmas spirit which for me (and my husband) has been a great thing. I have baked, I have wanted to decorate, we started buying some ornaments AND hubby found stockings he liked for us to actually start using yearly. Now, I know that