What a way to end the week! We went on our second field trip today (yes, since we spent so much time preparing for tests, we're really ...

We went on our first field trip today! Destination -- The Science Place ! This is a really cool center with lots of hands-on activities, vis...

Over the weekend, I gave an extra credit science homework assignment. Since everyone was in dire need of a break from mathematics after the...

Alrighty then! Now that we are officially done with both the math and reading portions of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, we ...

TGIF!! I am so incredibly thankful that this week is finally over! In truly outrageous celebratory fashion, I went uh after school today, h...

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh... That Texas-sized sigh you may have heard yesterday probably came from all of the third graders who are done TAKS testing f...

Tabz, who runs the Blinking Cursor, has asked me to help out a worthy cause. Please check out her posting here, and let's all at least ...

Well, today was the last review day before the dreaded TAKS Math Test. Really and truly, if the kids don't know it by now, they're ...

As the saying goes, I had always heard that those two things were constant in life. I never really realized precisely what that meant until ...

Okay, we've finally broken out the big guns. Despite being in school for nearly, what -- eight months now? -- these kids are still act...

The day has finally arrived! Learn Me Good the book is now available!! If you like the blog, you'll love the book! Learn Me Good is the ...

Has anyone else out there watched this new show on NBC called Teachers? I've checked out the first two episodes, mainly out of curiosit...

I think that one of my kids proved once and for all today that he truly is a space cadet. I've wondered about his mental state for a wh...

The year of 2006 of our Lord in the New World had been going so well, too. I hadn't caught a cold, strep throat, pinkeye, dysentery, bi...

Can it be possible to have a full moon in the middle of the afternoon? My kids were absolutely, off-the-wall INSANE today! No, no, I take ...

This morning, as I was standing by my door greeting the students, I couldn't help but notice the top of r's head. He's about ha...

Since today is Tuesday, we had our after-school enrichment program. I run the Basketball Club, but this is the first time in about three or...

Well, my beloved Blue Devils may be out of the tournament, and my bracket is busted -- big-time -- but in my class, the tourney is just star...

Have you seen those recent Volkswagen commercials? You know the ones, with that weird, kind of funny, kind of scary guy, saying, “Vee-Dub i...

Hallelujah!! What once was lost, now is found! My prize student, D (the scourge of public school toilets everywhere), has returned from…wh...