My explicit thanks to Dawn Judd of Breakout Books Review . She posted a Top 5 list of the best books that she reviewed in 2010, and Learn M...

Hey everyone, As the final days of 2010 are upon us, I am upholding my tradition of electronically sending out my review of the year we'...

My buddy Ed U Cater posted this link about replacing the entire student body on Facebook the other day, and it was fantastic! I had to giv...

Today we started talking about probability. I asked the kids what this word sort of sounded like, and instead of "probably" -- th...

Well, I'm sorry to say that my district (or possibly my principal) has screwed up and once again, there are issues with my paycheck. No...

Just for anyone looking for some last-minute Christmas gift ideas, here are a couple involving your friends at Learn Me Good... 1) the pape...

I tend to be stubborn, so I'm just going to keep on plugging away with Interactive Monday, even though the "Interactive" aspec...

I have a story to tell, and it is not for the faint of heart. It involves an old man, bodily functions, and the defiling of an evil leprach...

Our Interactive Monday posting is going out late today, but I'm hoping to get a lot of responses to it, as it's a pretty juicy topic...

This past week, we studied congruency and symmetry. Congruency tends to be relatively simple for the kids. Same size, same shape. That...

This week's Tuesday Tip o' the Hat goes towards my old online employer, education.com . Some of you may recall I was a weekly colum...

Howdy folks, and welcome back from Thanksgiving break. I hope all of you had a great one and didn't just stuff yourself with stuffing. ...

Last week, we went over 2 and 3-dimensional shapes in class. This is usually a fun, though confusing topic for the kids. They enjoy identi...

I was banging my head against the wall today while trying to teach a lesson about Fact and Opinion. And that's a fact. When I first sta...

Hey everyone, We're getting very close to December, and that can mean only one thing -- we're already looking forward to having t...

This is always a sore point for us teachers every year -- how to get the kids to actually check their work after a test. They know they...

I got this email from The Scholastic Scribe this weekend: ********** Hey, y'all! Those of you who've followed me for a while know t...

No big hoopla today. Just straight to the question. How do you feel about off-site meetings and trainings? And as a secondary question --...

Last night, we fell back an hour for Daylight Saving Time (in your FACE, Arizona and Hawaii readers!!). And while it's always nice to f...

Today began the annual "Survey your Neighbor" portion of 3rd grade math. We've been going over bar graphs, and we will soon b...