Archive for the ‘Silly Stories’ Category

Hit the "Pause" Button…

Here’s a true story (unfortunately…) My first year teaching I worked in a low income area; it was tough school with even tougher kids. I was assigned to teach second grade ESE/SLD inclusion. I had EMH (Emotionally Handicapped), Language impaired, Speech impaired, Specific Learning Disabled, and ELL (English language Learners) students. For a first year [...]


All of That And a Ninja Star!

My kids always enjoy breaking out a new Colorado Studies Weekly, and until recently, I really thought I must have been doing an extraordinary job of bringing the historical articles to life…


The Panty Incident

I am a third grade teacher in South Florida. I have 80 students that I see on four class periods and one student in particular stands out. We’ll call this student Anthony Smith. Anthony is sweet, has a kooky sense of humor, and also possesses a nasally high-pitched voice that occasionally makes my skin crawl [...]