Slicing with my students this month has been an eye opener.They have a lot of stories to tell and they need a lot of support telling them. We often run out of time in class for students to complete their slices and they rarely finish them at home. I do a lot of revising and… Read more

When we got home this afternoon we discovered that there was no internet. Something having to do with the fiber optic connection. The Internet service won’t be restored until after midnight my time, which would be way past the SOL challenge deadline. So, what is a committed slicer to do? Blog on my phone, of… Read more

Almost two years ago, my husband and I built our dream house. We had bought the land 10 years earlier, but personal circumstances prevented us from building on it until just 3 1/2 years ago. I love our house and the neighborhood that surrounds it. When we’re here we feel far removed from the hustle… Read more

Today I got up later than I usually do and didn’t accomplish nearly as much as I’d planned. Today I responded to a few slices. I realized I enjoy reading other people’s blogs, but I don’t value what I have to say as much as I should. Today I loaded the dishwasher twice – once… Read more

Next week is our last week of school before Spring Break. This is always a hard time of the year for me because I realize that we’re in the 7th inning stretch. I feel like I’m running out of time. Soon, it will be time to say goodbye to my students for the summer. Normally,… Read more

Friday night.At the end of a long week.Watching a movie,but what I really want is a good night’s sleep. I struggle to stay awake. Today’s Teacher’s Teaching Teachers (TTT) conference went well.I ran into a lot of old friendsand that was wonderful. Nine schools were representedand over 1,000 teacherswere in attendance. I went to a… Read more

Can a week get any busier than this one?I hope not. This week we had Fine Arts Festival and the 5th grade puberty unit. Oh, joy!Actually, we had to reschedule the last puberty session today. With all of the events happening for Fine Arts Festival, we just couldn’t fit it in. Surprisingly, or maybe not,… Read more

Today’s post is purposefully short. It has been a long week and it’s only Wednesday. Lots going on at my school. It’s all good, but a bit exhausting. So, I decided to celebrate my students in this post. Today, the music teacher told me that my students are incredibly well-behaved in his class. I was… Read more

Right around this time in March, my enthusiasm for blogging every day starts to wane. (I know. I know. You’re probably thinking, hey that was fast!) I start to run out of ideas for writing because although I have been cultivating a daily writing habit since the beginning of the year, I don’t blog every day.… Read more

Today was a gloomy day.I don’t know if the rain and cold got me off to a bad start,or if I was already there and the rain and cold simply made it worse.Either way, it was a gloomy day. The plans I made had to be altered.And, I had to think on my toes.That’s not… Read more