The View from Room 105

Of the three 5th grade classes I teach, one group is generally the most inquisitive. Each of my class sessions begins with SSR. Leisurely re...

So, I'm a new science teacher. This is the first year that I've taught the subject and am finding my way. Today I formed a hypothesi...

I stumbled across a great teaching aid! Mind Muzic is a company that describes itself as an educational music company. The genre is hip hop ...

Interviewer: So, why do you think you'd make the best candidate for leading this school district? Candidate: I believe I'd make th...

WARNING!!! RANT!! "Test Prep" I hate the term! I don't do it! I don't use the term! I hate the concept! I didn...

Tonight as my sister and I talked on the phone, we both expressed our concern that the students we teach don't know some of the things w...

I started this post on 11/17/12 and didn't realize I hadn't published it, so tonight (1/11/14), I'm publishing it: "My s...