Simply the Middle

After my Facebook post last week about the importance parents have in recognizing the warning signs that their child is struggling, I had several teachers ask for a copy of the letter I send home for parents to tell me about their child.  You can find...

With all of the talk about guns in schools, why it’s happening, and how to solve the issue let me offer a little different perspective. I’ve been teaching since 2003. This marks my 15th year in the classroom. Everybody always talks about how schools...

Happy New Year!  Can you believe it is already 2017?  I mean, wasn't it just 2007 like yesterday?
Like most teachers, I always go back into the classroom after the New Year with big ideas.  One thing that I started doing early on in my teaching career was to have students reflect on various parts of their learning.  January, the midpoint of the school...

Oh my goodness, y'all!  My students had so much fun with this game today.  The best part?  The game was played while reviewing a map of Europe for their test that's tomorrow!
The great thing about Roll 6 is that it is so easily adaptable to any topic that you are covering.  I used it today to review for our map test over Europe tomorrow.  Students will need to be able to locate 10 countries and 10 physical features on a blank...