In the Lou

I am willing to try out a lot of things in my classroom in my quest (in TFA speak) to continually increase effectiveness. One strategy that I’ve implemented this year I know that considerably increased my effectiveness as a teacher AND made me a more sane individual in the process.

This year I instituted Read the rest of this entry »

I know I post a lot about DonorsChoose.org, but I feel it is my duty.

I recently had another project funded through this amazing organization. It’s such a good example of what’s right about people and how, when given the chance, they’ll often times do good even for people they don’t know.

If you’re reading this and you’re a teacher in need of something to expand your classroom or school, consider participating.

I admit that the text messaging and quick-fire emails in my life has allowed me to adjust to a significantly truncated style of communication in order to get through my days. But this week I was reminded three times the value of taking time to write.

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Well, actually, I did give out medals, but they are pasted into students’ notebooks.

This past week we capped off our horrendously tedious learning about metrics experience with a chance to actually use metric units. What does 58 cm really look like? Now my students have a better idea.