I am so glad I have a place like this to vent. I am so overwhelmed with work and life in general right now. Our district is having major budget...
That's funny. My dog has turned into a tattle-tale. If we are not in the room and the cat jumps on the counter or table, he barks. My dad's...
Most of my weeks since winter break have been rough. I just don't know what happened to my good bunch of kids over the holidays. I also had a...
I'm looking for ideas for any subject. I would like to do some stuff with the Winter Olympics. And we study the regions of the U.S. in Social...
I have a Starboard (much like a SmartBoard)in my room, and would like to make better use of it. I use it daily for math, because I can pull up my...
Things are tight in my area. Quite a few districts around us have been closing schools, and one district in our county is about to go under,...
I have a student who loves to write poetry and is interested in trying to get something published. Does anyone have any suggestions? Are there...
Does anyone have any advice on how to improve students' bad attitudes? My students have really developed negative attitudes in the past month or...
Well December has been rough, as I'm learning my job future is very uncertain, 2009 in general was a great year. Here's my list: 1. My dad's...
I have 5th and 6th graders and am having a hard time coming up with fun activities for them to do next week (we have school three days!). I don't...
I have been doing a letter since we got married. We have lived a lot of places and have friends we don't see much, so it is a way to catch...
I had the same thing happen last year! A boy pulled the alarm one hour after asking me what would happen if someone did it! I was so angry with...
My 6th graders are currently reading Small Steps, and are really into it. Has anyone ever used this book before? I'm trying to come up with some...
I live for Friday night...Date Night! We have a group of 8 (four couples) that get together every Friday (or any of us who are available). We...
I'm somewhat worried. We had a big budget meeting at the end of last year, where my name showed up on the layoff list. No teachers were laid...
I subbed for ....are you ready for this? SIX years!! Way too long in my opinion!!! But we moved a lot in that time, lived in a different state...
We had a staff meeting before school on Monday and were told we have a confirmed case (actually, 2) in our building. Last Friday we had 25% of...
My principal informed me that we have some extra budget room and I can order some class sets of novels for my classroom library. Can anyone...
I'd love to hear what others have to say. I have a Shutterfly website for my new house... and am planning to use Shutterfly to make my sister a...
Moving is SO much work. So glad this will be the last time we do it for quite some time!
