This year has been INCREDIBLE!!! My school went back to in person instruction after 18 months online. I took over an Upper Elementary mixed-age class of drama-starved preteens from a retired teacher. There was a lot that went into preparing
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Exit Interview
It’s the last week of the school year and I’m powering through end of year routines. But this year is far from routine. The school year that everyone thought would be more “normal” has been everything but. It’s been a
Read MoreA Triumph Indeed
Slid across the desk with triumph — an iPhone shows me a picture of a former student in rainbow glitter with a caption: “Like Lizzo says: ‘All the rumors are true, ya’ — or at least about me. I am
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See You soon
Hang on, we’re almost there! Schools in Arizona are in the chaos of the end-of-the-school-year that hits in mid-May every year. Secondary schools are prepping and reviewing for exams. Determining who is exempt, holding academic awards nights, and recognizing graduates.
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Packing It In
It’s that time of year! The countdown is on! 23 more school days left. (By the time this comes out, it may only be a week or so left). There are mixed feelings about approaching the end of the year.
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Creativity in the Classroom
I love my curriculum. The books we read are amazing; I love the assignments I use to teach writing. I even enjoy teaching vocabulary, grammar, and ACT prep. The kids think I am weird when I get excited about a
Read MoreOn Critique
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Faust “Let them have a laugh at their passions, because what they think is some grand emotional energy is in reality just their souls scraping against
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Making Changes
Making a change or transitioning…this is the question for me. I recently blogged about my new position for the upcoming school year. I am going from a kindergarten classroom teacher in my current district to K-6 instructional coach in a
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Shifting Spotlight
“You are going to feel weird all year long,” a teacher said to me at the beginning of the year in my new position as Instructional Support Teacher. Like many veteran teachers trying to impart the wisdom they have gained
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Math Teachers Summer Reading Fun
Some months ago in Content Reading As Teacher Self-Care I wrote that counterintuitive as it sounds, reading in our content areas, in addition to our normal workload, can amount to self-care. That’s because reading a good content book can reconnect
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