Where do I start??? I grew up outside of Chicago, IL but now reside outside of Minneapolis, MN. I’ve been called many names in my life…. many of them derivitives of my given name. My son calls me Mommy. My husband calls me Honey. My students call me Teacher. My family calls me lots of things… However, here, you may call me Tendrils.

I love to spend time with my family and friends. I enjoy reading, blogging, and scrapping in my “free time” (what is that?!?!)

I have taught for 12 years at various grade levels (including 2nd grade; 5th grade;  and 6th,7th,8th Special Education Reading and Writing Classes)

Here I hope to document what I discover in my classroom through the learning that goes on and reflect on my teaching so I am not reinventing the wheel each year!   I have great ideas, but I’m not so good at documenting them and keeping them organized from year to year, so hopefully I can look back here and see what worked and what didn’t!  :)   Feel free to leave comments or suggestions as you look around!