Every teacher has an opinion about standardized testing. What are your thoughts? Do you "teach to the test" in your classroom? Do...

Hop on over to Farley's blog and join this linky party! What's your dream super power?!? I would absolutely love to fly. Just...

Socratic Circles is an engaging activity that allows students to develop critical and creative thinking skills through class discussion led ...

Three of my dearest friends and I had a night out...just moms. :) We headed to the Walton Arts Center for Girls Night Live after a yummy d...

The Common Core State Standards are filled with number sense. Students engaged in the Common Core aligned curriculum will have a deep unders...

Mandy over at Cooperative Learning 365 is quickly approaching a milestone...a quarter of a million pageviews on her fabulous blog! Hop on o...

Spring Break Day 1 The girls have Easter dresses and shoes. Oh...and a take out box from Candy Craze. And my poor laptop is officially br...

The super sweet Jena over at Caught in the Middle gave my blog a "Top 10" award this week. And I would like to share the love wit...

Happy Pi Day to YOU! My students are super excited to celebrate Pi Day in the year 2015. And I love that they made that connection all on ...

3rd place Congrats to my sweet girly! Don't you love this photo?!? My vote for the photo to be framed and included on the display t...

I'm going to need a venti hot chocolate to jumpstart my tomorrow...and several days to come. Thursday: science fair Friday and Saturd...

Happy March to YOU! We love March at our house...Emma's birthday and Spring Break and sometimes Easter. And this year our district add...

My 8th grade preAP geometry students are in the middle of their testing cycle on circles. I'm so excited that this unit is complete. I w...

My 7th graders will be finishing their data display unit this week. We will complete a summary concept map and unit review on Monday with th...

I'm out of pocket this week working on rangefinding for the Arkansas End-of-Course Algebra 1 Exam. This is my first experience testing a...

Do you have a classroom full of fabulous technology?!? I have been blessed with several technology options to use with my students. The pack...

Good news. I had a fabulous long weekend with my amazing man! My sweet friend with cancer has started her very own blog ...a definite must...

Life has been super speedy this week! Between lessons and curriculum meetings and working with a new intern...spinning in circles is a fair ...

I hope your day was full of lots of love and goodness all around! My hubby left a card in my Yukon that brought a smile to my face. And my p...