[NBPTS] Can I Get a Fist Pump?

As of this morning, I officially renewed my National Board Certification.  I am now a Nationally Certified Teacher through 11/22/2022.  In case you are wondering, I will also use this as proof that I am, indeed, a Super Teacher.  Congratulations to all of you 2011 NBPTS Renewals! For more information about National Certification and NBPTS,…

[Random] Glabrous

I am not making this up.  The word of the day on my word-of-the-day app is, indeed, glabrous*. Not only do I love-love-love new words, but check out this word map… I am just fascinated by this.  So fascianted, in fact, that I just may pull all of my hair out and become glabrous. Won’t…

[Random] Oatmeal, Part Deux

On one hand I am sad I didn’t reach my goal of twenty posts by the end of the school year.  For that I apologize.  For those of you that know me, you know I have suffered an unreasonable and unnecessary amount of guilt over this. On the other, much sweeter and exciting hand, TOMORROW IS THE…

[Random] Mamas

In honor of Mother’s Day (today is Mother’s Day in Mexico, so I am NOT late), and the birthdays of two amazing mother-figures, I would like to dedicate this post to my Mama and my Aunt J. It’s true, I may have been born sassy.  Without the proper care and role-modeling though, I would never…

The Royal We

We did it! We finished all of the things we were working on! We are not certain we were entirely successful, and we won’t know for sure-sure until October on some of it, but we are done. And yes, we are using the royal “we.” This is what happens when we work too hard and…

[Friday Free-Day] Oatmeal

I loves me my sisty-ugler. I don’t tell her that because somewhere along the line I decided it was a good idea to keep it to myself,  but I loves her. I do. We were our first best friends for those early years, and that can’t be matched by anyone else in the world. Here…

[Friday Free-Day] Folding Paper

My noodle-heads love to fold paper. Give them a reason to fold it (airplanes, those diamond-shaped things they call footballs, turning dollar bills into rings)–they’ll sit for hours and fold, fold, fold. They’ll scavenge for paper, steal it even, to keep folding paper long after they’ve been told not to. Why do they have to…

[Teaching Tools] Don’t Be A Name-Caller

Well friends, it’s that time again.  Get ready, cover your mouths, and zip your lips.  It’s… link here Did you know? I did, but then I forgot. Now I’m wracking my brain to think if I did any name-calling this week. I’m quite certain I didn’t call any of the poodle-heads names. Except for Poodle-head,…