It's going to be the best school year ever!  Time for new students, new ideas, new uses of technology!  My STEM teachers friends and I got together and we are sponsoring 5 $25 gift cards that we are giving away - go all the way to the bottom of this post to check it out :)

But first, I'd like to give you some first day/week of school ideas.  I hate the read the syllabus I'll give you my rules first days.  I like to actually have an idea of something students can DO!  (The only problem I've found with this is that students come to school EXPECTING that teachers will just be reading the syllabus to them that they don't even bring a pencil - so be sure to have some on hand!)

A dilemma I face every year...what to put up on my bulletin boards...fun and yet functional :)  I am in awe of elementary teachers - the...

A new school year is about to begin...a brand new group of teachers is ready to start for the very first time!  It's exciting to f...