Y’all, I can’t sit still. Throw me in a long meeting or even a long movie, and I struggle. I wasn’t wiggly in high school, but I now I need to move around more. If I can’t sit still, my students shouldn’t have to, either. That’s why I’m a huge advocate of…

Whether you’ve been using interactive notebooks for a long time or you’re a newbie, you will run into problems that will drive you nuts. Right now, my biggest annoyance is…

How many of your students have gone to see a play? I’m guessing many of them have seen a school production. Some might have seen a professional production (and by the way, when I ask my students, musicals don’t count.) But the reality is students are much more likely to…

Whether it’s sharing lesson plans or swapping experiences, teachers make each other better by working together. That’s why more than 70% of U.S. educators turned to TpT in the last year to use teacher-created resources…

Whenever I teach freshmen or sophomores, I always begin the school year with a short story unit. I use this unit to introduce literary elements to my students, and they start exploring literary analysis. I believe it is a perfect way to begin the school year…