One of my goals for this school year was to learn how to make a Glog. I had heard about them, and seen a few, from others on Twitter, which is where I get most of my technology ideas. It took me a while to get around to doing it, though. I have been gradually [...]

Most Monday evenings,  I have been participating in Twitter chats with other 4th grade teachers from across the country.  We hold these #4thchats on Mondays from seven to eight PM (central time.)  A few weeks ago we talked about teaching writing.  Over the years, I’ve always felt that teaching writing is one of my greatest strengths.  I am [...]

Our class has been working on two writing projects since early December.  Students have been writing personal narratives and posting them to their Kidblogs.  This writing project was in connection with our new writing program, Being a Writer, which I wrote about in an earlier blog post.  We have spent our writer’s workshop time going [...]

I had difficulty going to sleep Wednesday night, and once I finally did, I awoke an hour later with a nightmare.  Someone was holding onto me with their arm clasped around my head and squeezing so hard that I couldn’t breathe.  I don’t usually remember my dreams, so I’m not sure what caused this.  Perhaps it was the [...]