On Tuesday my students decided that they were really interested in how old I was, and they asked me several times. I told them that if they stayed after school I would tell them how old I was, and only one girl stayed. Student: “So how old are you?” Me: “I’m not going to tell…

On a student vocabulary test: Define income. Student: “Another thing of democrats” For some reason I find this funny. Although I don’t really get it.

In sixth grade we write a short morning journal every morning and I collect an entry every couple of days just to make sure that they’re doing it. On the 29th of October (the last day of school before Halloween), K-5 were allowed to wear costumes to school and 6-8 were not. The prompt was:…

I just got this reading journal entry from a student: Fiction- The monument its about a girl that Dosent have a name. Because her mother left her in a Backseat of a police car. She wants to talk to people But when kid ask her name she says i dont know and kids start to…

In my class of 32, I have a 2:1 boy to girl ratio. I’m not really cool enough for middle school boys. I’m trying to earn cool points and get them psyched about college at the same time!

From yesterday’s morning journal: “The place is Spain, Vegas, Mexico to find a girl friend. Me and STUDENT in our Private Jet then we will go to Vegas to gamble.” Other student was emphatically shaking his head to this idea.

my room! Miley Cyrus I have a couple of kids who frequently come to school early to help out and we jam out while we work!

I’ve been absent lately because I’m busy out of my mind. I’m going to try to start posting samples of kids’ work or stories so that I can remember them. Today I begin with a journal entry from one of my very lowest readers, in response to the prompt, “If someone gave you $1000, what…

Success! I had a great first day at my new school. I am very excited about teaching middle school this time.