Tuesday, August 18, 2015. I am blessed to have a new position this year. I am now an Instructional coach. I am really excited about this because I get the chance to work with teachers to help them with whatever their instructional needs may be. So, while I do not have a classroom, I have a bookroom! There are two instructional coaches at my school, so we share the room.

Last week, I was contacted with an awesome opportunity! I was asked to review the book, George the Shark. I was very flattered! I read the book a few times just for fun, and then read it with my specific class in mind. G iven the vocabulary level and length of the text, I would most likely George the Shark. Or do all teachers love lists? I could also see m.

Sunday, December 7, 2014. How much air can your lungs hold? This is what my seventh graders investigated on Thursday. They took a deep breath, and blew that one breath into a balloon, measured the diameter, and used a graph to convert CM to L. They loved it! Here are some pictures of my crazy kids, who posed just for you guys! Blowing up his balloon. He wanted to make a funny face. Finding the diameter of the balloon. I am in the process of uploading this to TPT if you want to do this lab.