Mentoring in the Middle: TeachersPayTeachers
  I recently came across some notes for something I'd wanted to try from early 2020.  I had watched a brief video somewhere, probably on...
  November.  The point where kids know routines.  For the most part.  And the thrill of being in school has worn off.  For the most part.  S...
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  The kids you see after Winter break are not the kids you left before the break, right?  That's especially true if you teach 6th grade!...
Way, way, way back in the day when I was in first grade, we switched seats one day and I was placed next to Michael.  Michael had polio, ...
What if students decided where the furniture should go in your room?  Could you give up control and let them decide?  Come along for a rid...
When students explain why they don't like historical fiction, they usually say something like, "It doesn't grab me in the...
As the school year winds down, I find myself thinking about all the projects my students worked on this year.  Good learning worked both w...