Welcome to Simply the Middle.  I'm Amie - a wife, mother of 2, and a middle school ELA teacher.  I will begin my 10th year teaching next month, and I must say, I've already got back to school excitement.  Ok, here is where I need to go ahead and admit that I am an EDUNERD.  Yep an edunerd.  I'm one of those sick teachers that cannot make it 2 weeks into summer break before I'm breaking out the lesson plans and pinning ideas for posters, classroom decorations, and lessons like crazy on Pinterest.  I bet most of you are edunerds, too.

I hope that this blog will be a place we can share ideas and make our jobs easier and more fun.

Amie