I believe I have finally got my teaching mojo back.  I thought I lost it there for a little while… I wasn’t coming up with the fun and exciting ideas as I have been in the past.  I actually had to try and think of ideas.  Could you imagine that?  Trying?!  I know… (As my mother says, “It came easier for you, Lindsay!”)  But I’m back, people.  My ideas are flowin’ and groovin’.  Hopefully they stick around after spring break!

My third grade class is reading The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling during our novel time.  I was trying out literature centers for a while and I have found, (dun dun dun…) that I need more practice/ideas with/for those.  So I have decided to stretch back and do what gets me excited, which in turn will engage the students (if I get excited, so will they!).  We are going to do an “All About Chocolate” poster.  Individually.  Including a section on their favorite chocolate bar/candy, facts about chocolate, summary the novel, like/dislike/rating of the book, and then a compare contrast venn diagram of King Midas vs. John Midas (character from the novel). Hopefully, if they turn out like they do in my mind, I can create a hallway bulletin board using their posters and show off a little of my creativity with a giant hershey’s candy bar with a title like, “Ms. Me’s & Mrs. Cooperating Teacher’s Chocolate Bars.”  And even have the parts of their posters be on chunks of chocolate making up a chocolate bar!

Oh man, I just came up with a zillion more ideas for this…

And when I get around to writing up the lessons, I’ll post them here.

So I’m back to the stress-free wordpress lifestyle of the web designer’s life.  I have decided to use this as a place to post my lesson plans and teaching resources as a way for me to quickly find things.  As well as for some personal items and posts.  This is my own way of displaying my teaching portfolio and what I can do with technology.  Please check back for updates.  I will no longer allow comments, as they have become a place for spam comments only.  It is too time consuming to search through spam comments to find real ones. If you have any ideas or suggestions for this spot on the web, please email me.  You can find my email on the “about me” page.  Thanks!