Are you familiar with Manic Mondays on Classroom Freebies (a web site set up by Charity Preston, of the Organized Classroom Blog )? I made this post originally as part of that collaboration.  Creating a free item worth sharing w…

My students were greeted back to the classroom this week with a diagnostic writing activity of sorts, asking them to reflect on their own summer experiences, so I thought it would only be fair for me to share a little of my own! …

This week, I'm participating in a blog hop and giveaway hosted by two fantastic middle school edubloggers, Krystal Mills of Lessons From the Middle and Ann Smith of Innovative Connections . Visit one of their awesome midd…