borrowed from I am sad. I am angry. I felt scared. I wasn't even in the city Monday. No one I know personally has been injured,...

And this is my 100th post! I started Chucks and Crayons in 2011 , in the middle of my third year teaching at a private school. Since then,...

I mentioned a little while back that my saving graces this year have been my new work buddies and my Art 2 students. Yesterday was one of ...

I have been super incredibly busy for what feels like the entire school year. My poor blog has been neglected and I thank all of you, esp...

Here we are in March and looking ahead to the rest of the school year. I really think it is going to fly by! I'm feeling the crunch, b...

This sixth grade lesson was inspired by Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth and Numbers in Color by Jasper Johns. To motivate s...

This post is mostly for my curious mom who called every few hours from Florida to check on us during the storm here (outside of Boston). ...