Tonight is that happy happy joy joy of nights once again -- Parent-Teacher Conference night.  Here are a few things I will definitely NOT be...

For the past two weeks, we've been hearing a lot about "a sense of urgency" at school.  Mostly how our principal doesn't t...

Let's face it.  Sometimes kids get distracted.  It doesn't always take much.  Here are just a few reasons kids may get distracted i...

While everyone is coming clean, I have a confession to make. I too once used a banned substance to enhance my teaching performance. The har...

Having a little fun today, I thought I'd list a few reasons that kids may ask to go to the nurse.  Then I turned it into this graphic. ...

Hey everyone, The Kindle version of my first book, Learn Me Good , is free today and tomorrow (Jan 9 and 10).  If you haven't ever che...

Now that we are in a new year, I'd like to once again extend an invitation to anyone who is interested to join the Learn Me Good mailing...

Happy New Year, everyone! May your 2013 be full of excellent observations, inquisitive students, and dry erase markers that never run ou...

Year in Review 2012 January Several friends joined us at the casa to ring in the New Year with games and merriment.   This includ...

A fellow author mentioned that the more Likes you have on your Amazon Author page, the higher your books are placed in their algorithms fo...

With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy: If you think it's a good idea to pull teachers out during instructional time to have them make an ...

I got a new kid a few weeks ago, and to put it mildly, he seems to live in a haze.  While he does (surprisingly) possess some math aptitude,...

I told the kids in one class a fraction-related joke today. A guy walks into a restaurant and orders a pizza.  The waiter asks if the man ...

Yesterday, in our opening discussion on fractions, I asked the kids to count all of the students in the room.  Lots of sweeping glances and ...

Since this past week was my turn to do morning announcements, and the science word of the week was Magnetism, I sent a girl down yesterday w...

Today's post is a guest post from writer Aileen Pablo. ******************* As a teacher I have had the joy and the challenge of meet...

Last Thursday, my second class fooled around a lot and didn't get very much done. As a result, I sent them home with homework, while the...

This week's Learn Me Good comic strip is reminiscent of something that I actually heard in class this year.