Chaulk It Up!

5:30 and still in traffic. No clue how long it will take to get to the hotel, checked in, touch up my hair and make-up, change clothes, regi...

That word, glitter , brings many teachers to tears. Use it once in a classroom on a small project and you will find glitter everywhere in yo...

A wise person once challenged me by asking, "What if you woke up tomorrow and only had the things you thanked God for today?" Hmm....

In honor ofNational Writing Day, I spent time writing and came up with a poem. #WhyIWrite To release stress anger despair s...

I am frequently asked what I do. When I reply with, "I'm a teacher," they ask which grade. When I tell them that I teach 5th a...

Tomorrow I begin my eighteenth year of teaching. As I reflect on other first days, I frequently go back to other first days of teaching: sta...

A week ago today, I was just finishing my first full day of Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute (CWTI). We had been on the James River a...