“Time management” is a tricky term. I used to think that time management was all about getting up earlier, staying up later and cramming as many tasks into the day as I could possibly do. Now I think that managing my time is more about being intentional about my use of time. It means doing… Read More

If you’re new to upper elementary grades or just want to know what to expect, here are eight generalizations I have found helpful to know. (By the way, this is the second post in a series where I will discuss each of these eight topics in more depth, along with some tips for how to… Read More

If you’ve read my post about weekly planning or Friday planning, you already know my process for planning my week in advance. This post will share some task ideas that help you plan and prep for the upcoming week, which saves you hours of time in the long run! Some of the things that can… Read More

I love the new year and the hopeful feeling of positive change it brings. But setting big New Year’s “resolutions” about all the changes I need to make can make me feel beat down before the year even begins. So I do something different. First, I reflect on the past year. Then I think about… Read More

If you’re a teacher, you are in the habit of planning. And if you’re a teacher – you also know that, very often, things do not go according to plan. However, we don’t give up on planning. We just regroup, reschedule, and figure out a different way to teach the content, differentiate, and modify. In… Read More

Have you ever looked at your ever-growing to-do list and thought, “There ain’t no way all of this can get done”? Yeah, me too. Overwhelm starts to take over and I find myself almost paralyzed and unable to get anything done. Or I hop from unimportant task to unimportant task and the bigger, more important… Read More