Everyone deals with stress in different ways. This week I felt like I was drowning with paperwork. We are submitting our Student Learning Targets this week which is where we set a goal of how much our students will grow by the end of the year. Just a little nerve wrecking. You find yourself contemplating which students you think will go above and beyond whatever goal you set for them and then you have those students that could just completely shut down the day of the test and that goal goes out of the window. Our students take multiple tests. They take the state wide assessment called the iLEA ..read more

I'm not going to lie, it's very hard to not get stressed, overwhelmed, and start thinking negatively during the day. Sometimes you just need to take a little time for yourself to get back to the positive, student centered, loving teacher you know you can be. I truly believe that right now times can get extremely stressful. The work load just keeps getting higher and higher. The only thing I keep telling myself is that we are all in this together. Everyone around us is feeling the stress of implementing commons core and no longer transitioning.  We are also stressing about out unannounced ..read more

So as many of you may know, I submitted a project on DonorsChoose.org at the beginning of September. At first only my mom, my mother in law, and a good friend Heidi donated. I was loosing confidence in it getting funded but we still had until December. We'll earlier this week my mom called me early in the morning to tell me it was fully funded!!! The Chevron Fuel You School program finished funding it!! Yayyyy!!  Now, what did I get/need it for? I posted a project for my behavior management renovation I'm doing in my classroom. My sister, whom is a school psychologist in a neighboring pa ..read more

I have been waiting all month for the end of the month so I could receive my SLANT box from my matched up partner! Basically a SLANT box stands for Sending Love Across the Nation to Teachers (learn more about it here) Basically we are too stalk each/get to know each other and find things for under 10 dollars that goes with the theme! This months theme was "oops I can't believe I forgot..." My partner did a much better job than I did but now I am so inspired for next month! It is awesome getting to know 2 different teachers from around the country.  The person who sends to you is not the s ..read more

Finally!!! Here are my pictures of my room! Standing at my door looking in... My podium that my awesome hubby built for me! My students participate in the Accelerated Math program. As they master skill, they move there clothespin to the different circles! My exit ticket poster! A sign that was VERY much needed! There is a noise gate right outside my room that people do not realize is EXTREMELY noisy! My schedule that was bought in a decor pack from Hope King! My math center rotation bulletin board! My messssssy library! My student librarian has been slacking! My s ..read more

Yeah yeah yeah, I know this is supposed to be Keep Calm and TEACH On and all I seem to do is post about my wedding and honeymoon lately. I will have a classroom tour up soon, I PROMISE! Along with another cute classroom on campus for any blog followers interested in Kindergarten classrooms! As for now, I shall bore you with wedding pictures! I also started to participate in this new activity called "SLANT Box." SLANT stands for Sending Love Across the Nation to Teachers! This is my first time and I am excited to get to know 2 teacher friends and send out some goodies! If you are interested, r ..read more

Its been a while since I've updated! The truth is after my last post we left for our relaxing amazing spectacular perfect honeymoon! I honestly can't think about it too much because I want to go back even more! We took an 8 day Carnival Cruise aboard the Carnival Freedom. We left out of Ft. Lauderdale and went to Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. As soon as we came back I jumped straight back into my classroom. That is where my head has been since! Classroom tour to come soon ..read more

In my new district, teachers return August 2nd. I was able to get into my classroom during the first week of July. If you are following my journey on social media, you know that my new school is at a temporary location until our school is finished being constructed. We are hoping to move into our newly constructed school at some point this school year, but we all know construction can have many setbacks. This summer, my entire classroom was in my garage. Thankfully, I downsized A LOT in the move. There are a few things I decided to just store in my garage due to space in my temporary classr ..read more

There is something very exciting and scary about change. For me, I have always dealt with change better when I was in control of it and knew it was coming. Anticipated change sits well with me. The end of the school year brought many mixed feelings. I felt in my gut that I needed to make a change. After teaching for 7 years in the same district/town, I could feel a shift in things personally and professionally that pushed me to make a move. I was contacted by a Principal in the town I live in. She had an opening. 5th grade Math. MY. DREAM. I went on an interview and was hired. The next fe ..read more

End of the year... you can't wait to pack up your room and run home for summer! A few weeks in, you are looking up organization ideas on Pinterest and Instagram. You start thinking about ways you can improve your classroom and make it more organized. This year, I am moving to a different school and district. My school is having a new school constructed, therefore we are at a temporary school. My school will hopefully be finished mid-year. All of the teachers voted on new furniture for the school before I was hired. They all opted out of having a teacher desk. Although this is new to me since ..read more