Thank you Amanda for hosting today's resolution. Hmmm...professional growth. I am going to be honest with you, this year, professional growth has been the last thing on my mind. I usually teach courses for our local teacher center and that forces me to do a lot of professional reading. ...
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Organization New Year’s Resolutions
I have to say, I am pretty organized in my classroom. (Expect a HUGE organizational packet this summer!) It is my home that is bad! I think it is because I live alone and no one really sees it. Or it is just always the last thing on my "To Do List." This year to make myself more ...
New Year’s Resolution – Technology
Today, I am linking up with my buddy Kathleen of Growing Kinders with my technology resolution. MY RESOLUTION: Use the SmartBoard more and not just to show movies! I have had my SmartBoard a few years and I do love it. I use it everyday with our math series (Go Math) and attendance. ...
A Hero’s Tradition – Merry Christmas
Disclaimer - This post is not education related and it contains photos of me holding alcoholic beverages and in a bathing suit. If that disturbs you, move on. This is the ornament my best friend, Diana and her husband Mike, sent for Christmas along with a beautiful letter. ...
Twas’ the Week Before Christmas
This week has been full of so many emotions. My heart breaks for everyone in Sandy Hook. I know I would put my life on the line for my students. I also know that every teacher would do the same. The students become our own children. It just becomes an instinct -we would ...
Whose Child Is This?
This poem seems more poignant to me now, as I think about those teachers and students of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bloggers, feel free to snag the heart graphic made by Michelle of The 3am Teacher on Farley's blog, Oh' Boy 4th Grade. You may also snag the poem above. ...
Tis’ the Season to Shop!
My sweet friend Michelle of Fabulous in First share a love of shopping, shoes, and bags! She totally understands why I drool over Tory Burch flats and LOVE Urban Decay Eyeshadow. We decided to share our holiday shopping top picks with you! These are totally not school related but they ...
Happy Hanukkah
Today we celebrated Hanukkah by creating dreidels with "dr" blends (blends are something we are studying in phonics) and taste tested latkes. None of the students had ever tried latkes before and they really had a blast. I actually had never had them up until eight years ago, when a ...
It is OK to Laugh!
One of my students came in wearing this shirt. I had to take a picture! The student was so proud to show all the teachers and I really laughed hard! It totally made my day and it reminded me,that yes, it is ok to laugh! Sometimes we forget to do that! *The student's mother ...
Doubles Plus One & Domino Math Centers
Are Doubles Plus One perplexing your students? First, the concept assumes they have their doubles facts memorized. We have been working on this through our math rings, but we are not there yet! To help my students out, I made them little cheat sheets with domino doubles. ...
