So every once in a while, after 11 years of teaching, something hits me by surprise. At the beginning of the school year, I did a favor for the librarian at our school. In return, this week, she emailed me telling me that my class had been selected to do a virtual field trip in the library. I looked at my lesson plans, I was behind schedule on the pacing guide, but I said "why not?" Honestly when we walked into the library I … [Read more...]