Setting Sail in 7th Grade

My hats go off to all of you in bloggie land that keep up with everything and have time to blog!   I have neglected my poor little baby blog...

Homework has long been an issue I've struggled with in my room.  If the concept is new, I never graded the homework for accuracy.  What ...

Whew!  I have been catching up tonight on the blogs I follow after a storm left us without a working modem and printer at home over the week...

The year has started....already!  The last two days have left me exhausted physically, but mentally energized in the potential of the year! ...

I've never been one to have much of a theme in my classroom.  I've done a color scheme, but not so much of a theme.  This year, thou...

At the end of last school year, I began creating anchor charts with my students.  I can't believe I never did so earlier!  The problem w...

This is perhaps one of my most favorite things.  My dad and I (okay more like he) made these for me a last summer.  I attended a workshop...