Tag Archives: Common Core Standards
Just Hanging Out…and Learning
This week has been crazy to say the least. On the other hand, it has been phenomenal! Tuesday, my 2nd hour seventh grade class began an adventure I felt was worth taking. For quite some time a writing project colleague … Continue reading
Steady is the Pace
Recently I received an evaluation. I want to say how thankful I am for an administrator who offers constructive feedback. I often wonder how many teachers would take that constructive criticism personally or take it to heart and actually reflect on … Continue reading
Transitioning from Narrative to Informational
Pushing forward this time of year seems to be a slow process and transitioning from narrative to informational reading and writing can be a rather challenging task with 7th and 8th graders. Previously my students just completed a 12 week … Continue reading
Not Enough Time: Digital Citizenship/Mobile Devices/Discussions
Day 2 of school had its bright spots and its challenges. We are fortunate enough to have a mobile lab with 30 Dell Laptops for our students to use. After finishing some typical house keeping items, I was ready to … Continue reading
Mobile Devices: A Teachers Responsibility
Getting closer to the school year is dangerous for me. I tend to have thought after thought going through my head and I get all of these ideas to do things in the classroom and I never make the conscious … Continue reading
CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #1
It is without a doubt a whole different world when you are talking to middle schoolers about writing when they actually care and want to be writing. All in all, the first day of middle school tech writing camp was … Continue reading
Academic Rigor and Common Core Resources
For the past several weeks I have been working on creating a curriculum map for my 7th/8th grade language arts classes. As a staff, my colleagues and I felt this was important to put into place what and how we … Continue reading
Struggling with Research at the Middle School Level
When my students return from spring break next week they will be embarking on the research portion of the year. The past few weeks I have really struggled with the term “research paper”. Though I see the purpose of doing … Continue reading
