Teacher rules: 1.) you can turn ANYTHING into a game of Mexican Sweat. 2.) anything can be an excuse for students to get up and move 3.) anything can become an activity for fostering on topic small group talk. 4.) not everything has to be what it seems. Maybe instead of answering questions, kids are […]
Amy is a close friend of mine and a fellow educator. Who loves kids and families more than us? Please read her story and consider helping. http://a.co/5kuVIVq This Amazon wishlist is for my friend Any and her 5 foster kids! On Thursday she was approved as a foster parent! 30 minutes later, she got her […]
I’m in a few EDU related FB groups. Every day I see at least one post saying “my evaluation is this week. What is a good lesson I can do?” I understand that no one wants an evaluation on a day when they are testing or something, but in general, if you are doing a […]
I want to reflect a little bit on last school year. It was hard, and I doubted myself a lot. I was a first year English teacher. I tried hard to project confidence. I really did. I comforted myself in the silence of the night by rocking back and forth and repeating “I taught Spanish Literature […]
I get all kinds of questions about the Pulsera Project, and I thought this video might help! Color the World 2016 from The Pulsera Project on Vimeo. Enjoy! -CL
