I have been cleaning out my office and working to reduce the clutter in my life. I ran across a piece of paper I saved months ago that has some quotes I want to keep. I couldn't decide where to file them, and then I decided to post them instead of filing them. I believe I can find them here if I need them again! These are from the room of the Reading Coach at Horizon Elementary School in Madison, A...

My older son is planning his schedule for next year. He will be a sophomore in high school, and he surprised me today with his plans. I thought he was going to take Engineering Drawing or Engineering Design, and I was prepared to investigate the difference in the opportunities those two classes provide. He had an exploratory technology class this year, and the Technical Drawing portion of the year...

Are you searching for last-minute ideas for Valentine's Day? Here are some suggestions!Lessons using Conversation HeartsFractionsRatios, graphingPie chart, other ideasBar graphs (detailed lesson plan with handouts)Coordinate graphing (Battleship)Graphing, making predictionsMore graphing (detailed lesson plan)Estimating areaM&M CookiesCount the number of M&M's in a cookie. Extend to find mea...

I am reading a great book for a class I am taking. The book is Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn, by Lynell Burmark. I highly recommend it to anyone (including teachers) who is giving presentations. The book contains many practical suggestions about visually enhancing presentations to make them more effective.What I was reading tonight concerned charts, graphs, and diagrams. She gives som...

I love the beautiful colors of autumn! It seems that this year the leaves have been especially gorgeous. Maybe it just seems that way because I have been traveling more with my new job. I have wanted too stop and take pictures, so thank you to the Decatur Daily for doing it for me!...