JCS teachers and students are looking forward to attending the Fire Summit tomorrow. It’s going to be a great day tomorrow.

Common Core Placemats posted in Media.

Each year, I try to think of innovative ways to encourage students to become life-long lovers of reading. Through the ARI grant, I have been allowed to purchase a wide variety of literature circle reading materials. I know the reading materials I purchased will be high interest. How do I know this? Student voice. Students chose the titles…Read More

ENGAGE YOUR BRAIN BY DOODLING IN CLASS
An integral part of my Math classroom has always been the “Math Journal”. Research shows that students learn and retain information longer when they write their notes by hand. In order to prepare students for the next level of mathematical learning, I need to ensure that they are retaining the information tha…Read More

Coding the Literary Future
Children within the Head start classroom show little interest, and very little engagement in the writing center. The children are using this center freely, with a blend of intentional teaching by the teacher, to improve each child’s literacy skills. The students find this method of teaching lack luster, and boring. The s…Read More