Things Mr.G Thinks 1 This blog has taken on a different life this year, in the past, it was my forum to share my students work, the cool...

Every child reading something they choose daily- This does not mean we are not instructing in the day it just means we give them time to...

#sol18 Post 14 March 15th Just when I thought it was gone the evil beast that is Winter 2018 has returned. I don't remember what summer...

#sol18 Entry 13 March 14th Today in class I challenged my students to begin working on a spoken word poem. They are not all into the...

Poetry I have nothing to say today. The class was awesome as usual. I did have a great dinner out with my wife. Now just watching all...

Finding a Voice My life is teaching. This is just a fact and a fact I love. Tonight as my wife drives home from our millionth basketball...

Basketball and Poetry These next 4 days are going to be wild with Basketball playoffs running late into each night and kids coming to...

Bad Moments are Vampires My goodness, today as a whole was great. I started the day with INDEPENDENT READING and conferencing. I love...

Take a Breath and then a Step. Tonight I took a second opportunity to sit back and listen and occasionally tweet into a chat about being...

Teachers I have had a ton of teachers in my life. My Dad is one, my wife is one and I have countless stories of teachers and their impact...

Saturday as a teacher I spent the morning getting ready to host my first Twitter chat. I am not going to use this post to advertise it...

A Morning Quote and Reminders My first Slice of Life entry comes with apprehension but excitement. I like to blog but this seems...