Reflecting in Words and Sketches
Over the past few years, I’ve been implementing reflection journals. It started as a lined notebook where students took a moment at the end of each day to reflect on the day. We created covers for these journals during a Studio Day in order to make them...
Digging Deep with Drama
The Wax Museum project has become quite the tradition and expectation in our fourth grade. For over twelve years, the fourth graders at Cashman Elementary School have been researching about a famous person who has made an impact on society, creating a poster to...
How Studio Day Saved My School Year
It’s so easy to get sucked into the pressures of teaching: testing, curriculum writing, meetings, assessments, keeping up with lessons, tracking data, the list goes on. I started my school year with a feeling of hope. We were to work with our new Common Core. It was...
Make Time for Creativity
The topic of creativity is in the air. Last night’s #ntchat was about one of my favorite topics: “Creativity in the Classroom.” There was a lot of great discussion among teachers! You should visit the #ntchat wiki and read through the archive of...Log In Here
Teacher Retreats!
