When I have difficulty waking up in the morning, I will usually lay in bed and check out Facebook on my phone. It’s an enormous phone, and its piercing light generally wakes me up a little. Anyhoodle, this morning, one of the first status updates I noticed was a gripe about fall coming. “The earth…
seasons
Apples Aplenty!
Look around your classroom. I bet there is at least one apple-themed tchotchki sitting somewhere. If not, maybe you have an apple-themed poster on the wall or…wait, are you wearing an apple appliqueé on your shirt? You see, I know you. I, too, have numerous apple paperweights and necklaces and sweaters. An apple is a…
Lesson Planning in Spring Fever Season
We’ve had a few days here in North Carolina that were warm enough for my sons to run around outside in shorts and T-shirts. So I imagine that these longer daylight hours are having a similar effect on kids all across the country, even in your own classroom. Spring fever is about to outduel the flu…