Whew. I’ve been officially “out of school” for the last two weeks and I’ve never been more exhausted. Who’s with me?! I’ve spent that time trying to get myself and my students up to speed with some formats for online teaching. I’ve experimented with several
So I’m beat. Got to school at 4 AM this morning to start setting up for a special event that I’ve been planning for my students for the past two months — a Water Balloon Launch and Hot Dog Picnic. It’s part of an in-house
This has been a tough year for me, y’all. I found myself second guessing my decision to stay in the classroom just about every single week. Little things left me frustrated even more than usual. I felt angry a lot — and dissatisfied and
Over the last few days in class, my students have been working on an activity designed to introduce them to the similarities and differences between elements, mixtures and compounds. It’s pretty dry stuff, to be honest — and the chances are that no matter how
Three years ago, the kids in my sixth grade classroom were wrestling with the implications of the New York City soda ban. While they understood the notion that consuming too much sugar was dangerous for individuals and damaging to an economy due to ridiculous medical
