Virtual Field Trips and Some Other Things
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4y ago
Tracy (my teaching partner this year) and I decided to do "Travel Tuesdays" and take kids on virtual field trips each week. I tweeted about this and several teachers asked for more information. Basically, what we are going to do is find live or recorded virtual field trips to share with our kids. To make it a shared experience we will have students log into our live Meet then I will present my screen and share the field trip. That way students can comment in the chat to ask questions. We can share what we learned afterward. Then students will blog about what they learned. This addresses soci ..read more
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A Letter to Parents
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4y ago
I haven't written in a long time. I always promise to write more and to share more but then there never seems to be enough time. There is always so much going on. With all that we are dealing with right now with the COVID-19 situation I am having a hard time, my students, are having a hard time, and so are their parents. This isn't what we planned for our year together. It isn't how any of envisioned this year. But here we are. I wrote something to our parents and I felt so strongly about it that I decided that maybe others would find it resonates with them too. I cross-posted this on my blog ..read more
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The Most Profound Lesson
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4y ago
Recently I was in another class, as part of my coaching job, and the most amazing thing happened. Our district has adopted Benchmark Advance as our English Language Arts program. Unit 1 for third grade is Government for the People.  Though many find this unit dry, I love the history of voting and civil rights. I enjoy the connections third graders make when they learn about Alice Paul, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez.  This particular day the teacher had decided to focus on text connections and had me read "Horton Hears a Who" to her class. She was hoping that her mostly ..read more
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Twas the Night Before School Starts
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4y ago
It is the night before school starts! The last week has been full of working in my classroom, lesson planning, buying supplies, and getting organized for the new group of scholars I will be meeting tomorrow. I have had my class list for a few weeks, I have memorized their names and faces and hope to greet them with all of the excitement the first day should bring. It's a new year, full of possibilities and new adventures. Each year (yes, even after 15 years) the night before school starts has me rilled up. I will be nervous and unable to sleep well. I will be anxious and worried - just as I ..read more
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Becoming a Better Me
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5y ago
I love teaching. I mean, I really love teaching! It is something that I have wanted to do since I was 5 and it is the only thing I could ever imagine doing. It is my happy place. Someone recently said that teaching isn't just my job, it is my hobby, and you know what? She was right. It is my hobby and my job. But the thing is I spiral and that isn't always good for me. I get to the point where I am short-tempered, tired, and stressed, and then I feel like I have to do more in order to make it all "right." Everything needs to be perfect. When in reality there is no way that it can be, it's imp ..read more
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Substitute Binder: What and Why?
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5y ago
 the beginning of the new school year, I thought I would offer this resource to others who may find it useful for their own classes. It took a while because I was missing steps but I finally figured out how to create each page as an editable form in Adobe Reader. Download what you would like to use for your own class. (It would be cool if you would let me know how it works for you.) I don't know about many of you, but I was a substitute teacher for 3 years before I became a full-time classroom teacher. I was in classrooms where everything was laid out for me, where things were generally spell ..read more
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Here's to New Beginnings!
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5y ago
Well, it's done! They found someone to replace Maria as my teaching partner for the coming year. It is...my best friend! So anxiety abated and now I can focus on teaching and what the new year will look like for us. I haven't taught with Tracy before but we have worked on the same grade level for years and I was in her room a number of times in my role as an Instructional Specialist. So, it's not like we aren't familiar with each other's teaching styles. I think it will be a great year. It's July and I am getting the itch. The itch to be in my room. The itch to be with my kids. The itch to g ..read more
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Mixed Feelings About Change
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5y ago
Anyone who knows me knows that I do not accept change well. I look forward to things with trepidation and anxiety. All the while, working to try to manage an outcome I can live with while thinking of every bad thing that can happen along the way. Even when I want the change. When I seek it. When I instigate it. I still react the same way. So it is funny that I chose a career that only has a semblance of day-to-day normalcy. Yet it is the most amazing thing I could do with my like and despite the days (or weeks) of anxiety I can't imagine doing anything else with my life. Since the day the fir ..read more
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BOLD & BRIGHTS GIVEAWAY
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7y ago
I love, no I mean I really LOVE, putting my room together. I love the shopping for new items, awaiting their arrival, getting the decor, and then using it to make my room reflect what I want to share with my class for our year together. I have a running list of stores and sites I love to go to get items for my classroom. I love getting the catalogs in the spring for the upcoming year. Just everything about it is fun. I usually keep a theme in my room for a few years but I will add to/tweak/change some things within that theme each year. I may keep a bulletin board or two the same from year t ..read more
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