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Just to show a few things going on currently….Hand cutting classroom decorSeeing Once in a giant group, including Daniel and Jackie.A new baby Holz! Seen at the beginning of year school...

It’s that time again!Pull out those uniforms, kids, and make sure you’ve got yourself enough pencils to the last year!(No, seriously. Please make sure you get enough pencils to last the whole year....

Lunch at Stubb’s, sunbathing at Barton Springs, happening upon an Austin summer concert at Zilker Park, and sushi takeout and drinks to finish up the day. Oh, and lots of Studio App love. ;)Barton...

Still in Austin. Today we did lunch at Hillside Farmacy, went to the LBJ Museum and the Capitol Building, watched the bats fly from the South Congress bridge, and finished the night off with Thai...

Monday pictures. Words to come later. 🙂

No time to write about it, we’re off to explore!  

It's been a bittersweet and crazy week.Monday: Graduation practice and Field DayThey had to play this really ridiculous relay where a pop can was suspended between two players holding a piece of...

Details to come… This is the final product from a big review activity we’ve been doing the last couple of days.UPDATE: So here's how this activity works. You need LOTS of word problems. This review...

Today was a rough teaching day.We had a virtual mall type thing at school today to raise money for our Ecuador fundraiser. Lots of kids out on the playground selling little trinkets, nachos, root...

Third module’s new favorite saying, courtesy of congruency of triangles proofs. This is how they know they can’t prove two triangles are congruent. Love it.

This last week I did a three day long lesson on transformations, which included four different stations for kiddos to explore hands on.Things that worked:The reflection station was a hit. The kids...

Best time of any weekday is the 20 minutes before school starts. It’s quiet. The room still looks good. It’s not too hot yet.Then the kids come in, and it’s seven hours of chaos from then until...

Everyone who knows Chris and me knows we stay up way too late at night. We are the epitome of what it means to be a night owl. All our best work happens at night. When it’s summer time, I’ll be up...

… Has the weirdest sleeping positions. This one is the, “It’s too hot to sleep normally with the sun streaming in this window, but I’m going to lay here anyway.”

Baby sis came over tonight to talk works cited pages and exit loan quizzes. She graduates college next month, what the heck?I seriously can’t believe she turns 25 this month. Wow. She used to be...

I’ve really been trying to come up with new activities for my classes. I don’t think I worksheet them to death or anything, but I do want them to come to math class everyday wondering what new thing...

I've really been trying to come up with new activities for my classes. I don't think I worksheet them to death or anything, but I do want them to come to math class everyday wondering what new thing...