Tag: teaching

  • What is that expression?…. No good deed goes unpunished.  This morning — March 9, 2009 — I had intended to arrive a bit early in order to start taking stock of the classroom books.  Full of energy and fresh off of a beautiful spring weekend (temperatures in the 60s), I was committed to doing a…

  • Thinking about how to organize books for students and figuring out the best way for your classroom is quite a challenge.  Many people are pretty adamant about what should and shouldn’t be done; it makes my head spin sometimes. I’ve been reading a couple of interesting websites about how other teachers have decided to organize…

  • So, I am getting close(r) to the end of my teaching career — I’m old enough to be looking wistfully as my colleagues begin to retire, but not ready to admit I should be quitting. I was looking around at the disheveled mess in my room – especially the book libraries – and began thinking…