Mrs. Educator passed along a good story today. Fed up with the zombie-like, rote, wooden nature of the kids’ Pledge of Allegiance recital i...

NO BLUE JEANS FOR YOU!!!!! This was the imperative I was left with (I’m paraphrasing) after our staff meeting yesterday. We were tol...

I just was surfing some other blogs, and came across this article from USA Today that featured several teacher blogs. Congratulations to Hi...

One of my kids this year, B, is always complaining about some mysterious malady. And as a result, I am always biting back (or letting out) ...

Hey there, I am going to put out this request to everybody who stops by my blog--it's a request for help that won't cost you a dime....

I have signed up for a Spanish as a Second Language at my church, and it starts tomorrow night. I took Spanish in school when I was a kid (...

Do you like the My Space? My former teaching partner suggested that I check out My Space earlier this year, as a way of having yet another l...

Several years ago, I realized that my little third graders just can’t handle free response questions on a science test. So I decided to wri...

Our topic for the week has been counting and adding money. The kids have to identify a coin and its value from a picture, and then give a t...

If you use a stat counter site like Statcounter.com, as I do, then you are able to see who is visiting your blog, as well as where they came...

There was an editorial in The Dallas Morning News last week titled “Men in the Classroom.” Despite the way it sounds, this was NOT just som...

You may or may not have noticed, but I have received my first endorsement deal! Check out the top of the sidebar on the right hand side, an...

Earlier this week, one of my kids gave me a drawing of Larry the Cucumber from Veggie Tales fame. Which was really sweet of him. He’s a go...

My Very Energetic Mother Served Us Nine… And then there were eight. Pluto, long-time resident of the low end of the heavenly totem pole, ha...

Hey everyone, My book signing is one week from today -- August 26 at 2 p.m. at the Borders in Old Town . If you are in the area, or know an...

Wow, what a week! I hope that everyone has had a great first week! Especially if you work in Texas, where the afternoon temperature hasn...

No worries, my bliss was not to last long. My class expanded to 20 today. I now have by far the biggest 3rd grade class at the school. An...

Thank you all very much for the kind words and compliments. Hopefully I will be able to post from time to time--like right now! I hope that...

I hate to do this. Believe me—I REALLY hate to do this. But I’ve put a lot of thought into it, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I just r...

I just got back from spending about one and a half hours at the grocery store, exploring sections I had never in my life visited. I’ve still...