Yesterday, I began to teach the kids how to do a 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication problem. I began by writing 43X32 on the board and askin...

When kids come running down the hall and I shout, "STOP RUNNING!" it has just about zero effect on them. So I'm thinking about...

My day was pretty lively today.  Here were a few bullet points...   I have a set of liquid measurement containers that fit into one ano...

Really don't think I can do this one justice in print, but here goes... At recess, my kids swarmed around me to ask about the baby. Our...

After a couple of nights with hardly any sleep due to a baby who screams and cries all the time (except when he's feeding, when he falls...

My son was born today! And I feel like Mustafa looking upon Simba (but without all the hyenas). My only disappointment today was that I d...

So it sounds like I will be moved to 4th grade next year. Not entirely sure how I feel about that yet. I did share the news with a small h...

The much anticipated Field Trip was today!  HOORAY!! There was a teensy tiny problem at the beginning of our trip.  We were outside waitin...

During tutoring today, several of the boys told me that they were writers. Good for them! When I asked what they wrote about, it seems t...

As I was passing out folders at the end of the day, I called one boy's name, and he replied, "Right here, my good man!" I a...

Today we gave the very first ever 3rd grade STAAR test. (The extra A is for Avocado!)  Today's test was the Math test, so I was pretty u...

For some time now, I've been trying to think of a valid analogy to use that expresses to my kids the importance of showing their work BE...

Yesterday, one of my girls told me that 5+3=7, and when I asked her to try again, she moaned, "It is so hard..." With only one s...

The rush for science projects has begun, and despite my insistence that a project has to be based on a testable question, I have a class fu...

I just passed some kids putting up a bulletin board display in the hall. One of them asked me, "Does this look good?" I replied, ...

There's been a big deal at my school lately over some newly painted assigned parking spots. One of them, brand new, reads "Employee...

The newest Carnival of Education is out on Bellringer s, and I am honored to have a post listed. Thanks to Carol for continuing to put this...

One of my kids copied the homework from someone else. Literally. He took her homework, took it to a copy machine, copied the front and bac...

Picture Day was today. After the events of yesterday, I almost wanted the kids to be photographed in the duck and cover position.

Well, THAT was a new one! I experienced something today that I hadn't experienced in 9 years of teaching (or all the years of schooling,...