March Slice of Life
Today I had the opportunity to meet with 8 other writing teachers in 5th grade. There were a total of 9 teachers. It was the first time we had ever met together. We created a Google Classroom & a team drive where we can share our lessons & materials. We talked about grading using the TC rubric which takes a lot of time to grade. A couple of schools shared a 10 point rubric using the same categories from the TC rubric which will save a ton of time when I am the only writing teacher with 56 students. We plan to meet again in May.
Meditations on Life 
I love this example of collaboration. I am the only 5th grade teacher at my school, and I miss this kind of collaboration.
Collaboration is working Smarter not Harder. Spread the workload out so life is easier.