Pomegranate beginnings

 Previous posts Everyone needs a little R, R, and R .  R, R, R update RRR was a plan/activity/what not that I came up with many years ago. I...

I thought I'd share quick ideas today on how to take standard grades without making formal activities or having loads of paperwork. I ...

One of the things that Rachel and I really believe in is the No Failure Classroom. We've posted on this a few times and, today, it made ...

It's now been three months with grade books and assessing strategies completely aligned with Standards Based Grading. So far, we've ...

I have the awesome privilege of working with three other amazing Latin teachers. As we continue on this journey of untextbooking and Standar...

I am very excited to write this post. This is something that I've been working on since we decided to switch to Standards Based Grading:...

As we progress through our first year of complete Standards Based Grading, I find myself being more critical of the assignments and tests I ...

In 2014, I posted my first post  on Standards Based Grading. I had done my research and wanted to make things work within the confines I fel...

Last week, Rachel posted her thoughts on retakes for assignments/quizzes/exams. Her post got some great responses and questions, and, since...

As a once over-achieving (okay, currently too. I need A's to live, okay?) student, my first instinct when I heard of teachers institutin...

There are few questions I despise more than "Will we get a study guide?" It isn't that I won't or that I hate study guides...

I am sincerely sorry that I haven't been posting as of late.  As most of you who are teachers know, summer is a time of rest; it is al...

The time of year from the beginning of April through the last day of school can be major crunch time for Latin teachers, or any foreign lang...