How will kids learn right from wrong if we don't teach them? How will they learn to be accountable adults? How will they learn to be responsible? If they are not taught, they will not learn. Kids learn by watching and doing. They imitate what they see at home. They ...
It's a wonder I ever taught ELA (aka English, Communication Arts, Spelling, Writing,...). My years in elementary and middle school did more to make me dislike ELA than they did to nurture a love for writing. Oh, I loved spelling and vocabulary. Words fascinated me. But ...
It's that time of year again. Time for spring conferences. Time to arrive earlier and stay later than normal. It isn't that we don't want to talk to parents. Quite the opposite in fact. We want parents to be part of their child's education. We want to communicate ...
