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 ...

While this was my 6th full year (7th including all teaching time) teaching, this was my first year in a new school. Not only was the locatio...

This is a two day activity (it could easily be a three day activity or a one day activity with an upper level class) that I came up with to ...

This week, I took my ones down to our local school's art show and we spent the period writing about and talking about art. This semester...

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 ...

Standards Based Grading is making me think a lot about how I design assignments and lessons. I think more inclusively and instead of designi...

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...

I think every teacher starts a new year with goals, for both him/herself and his/her students. I am no exception. My biggest goal this year ...