I am new to teaching Writing in sixth grade.  It was a subject previously taught by one of my team members, but now I am on my own.  I reall...

Here it is people!  After much deliberation and design consideration, here is our new t-shirt and quote for the sixth graders!  I am so exci...

As I was going through my stacks of stuff, getting my classroom ready, I found some laminating to be cut.  I realized that it was something ...

So, I admit it.  I snuck over to work today and spent some time working on my room.  If I ever get it back together again, I will post pictu...

Summer is my time to try out things that I am petrified to try for the first time during the school year.  Today, I searched around for a ne...

Wow.  It has been a really long time since my last post, but as most people know, it is testing season.  Most of my time recently has been s...

I am just like you.  Every year, just about this time, my sixth grade students and I start the long arduous process of going over the Califo...