There are all kinds of buzz words in education, aren’t there? I mean, you hear about differentiation, rigorous learning, best practice, anchor charts, balanced literacy, mentor texts, collaborative learning, models, word walls, and so much more. Sometimes it can be…
Would You Rather?
I’ve been sharing an idea for the Writing Work Station for years! It’s called WOULD YOU RATHER! You have a bunch of questions ready to go and students have to WRITE their answers- of course also taking into account the…
Classroom Organization: PART ONE
Please enjoy this guest blog post from Central Texas Organizers… we can all learn a thing or two about letting go! I STILL have a storage unit of teacher stuff? Don’t tell anyone! When to Let Go As a classroom…
BIG Back to School LOVE from LEACH
Here we are…the dog days of summer…hot, hot, and more hot. And yet, we are now thinking back-to-school. Back to work. Break over. For so many, this is a super stressful time. We either avoid going up to school to…
TOP TEN Document for the New ELAR TEKS from Leach
At this point, you are all quite aware that Texas has adopted and is in full implementation of the new ELAR standards for the upcoming school year. There will be oodles of trainings on the new standards, the way…