OMG I am so excited to be writing this! After my persistent husband said for the forty-seventh (or eight hundredth) time, "You know, Laura, you spend all this time online reading from other teachers who are just like you. You really should start putting some of your work online." Sigh...I supposed he was right, and after weeks of brainstorming, planning, designing, and organizing, I am finally launching The Contemporary Classroom.
So what will you find here? A growing cache of everything that is great for kids. Not only what and how I teach and manage my classroom, but how I create a rich culture of readers, thinkers, and collaborators. I'm passionate about the resources I'm creating and using, book reviews, Common Core based lessons, close reading, math workshop, small group instruction, 21st Century Skills, links to other teacher bloggers who I read regularly for my own learning, things to organize, classroom management strategies...pretty much anything and everything my students and I are working on or learning about!
I hope you find something here to inspire you, make your life as a teacher easier and more meaningful, and many many resources you can grab and apply right away. Happy teaching!!!
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